It was a shocking scene captured on video: a torrent of water, mud and rock slamming into the Himalayan village of Dharali ...

The cause of the flash flood that struck Uttarkashi's Dharali village on August 5 is still unclear, though experts have proposed several possible triggers.

In August 1976, Hindustan Times wrote about the announcement of a subsequent discovery two years later in an adjoining area ...

If extremely heavy rainfall can cause such damage without a rare event like a cloudburst, it should leave the system working ...

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Satellite Insights Aiding Rescue & Relief Ops ISRO/NRSC used Cartosat-2S data to assess the devastating Aug 5 flash flood in ...

The Dharali flash flood in Uttarkashi could have been caused by a phenomenon known as GLOF. Five years ago, a document ...

Despite rescue operations, remote communities remain vulnerable due to inadequate alert systems and unscientific ...

Pilgrimages like the Char Dham Yatra have continued for centuries without turning into tourism. The extreme greed to extract ...

At the BT India@100 Summit, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari stressed the need to shift India's growth model to rural-focused.

Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli stated that Nepal has made no significant contribution to global carbon emissions, yet the ...