A landslide-induced lake outburst triggered a chain reaction among several small lakes, resulting in a massive flash flood that devastated Dharali village in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on August 5,

Flash floods and landslides caused widespread havoc across several regions of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand on Sunday, as heavy rainfall relentlessly lashed the states.

The flood buried half of Dharali village, built on a dried river course, and washed away an Army camp in Harshil. Six people have been declared dead and 69 remain missing. The report recommended further puncturing of the lakes formed after the landslides to safely release water and reduce the risk downstream.

The water level in the temporary lake formed in Harsil, Uttarkashi district, has come down after teams from National Disaster Response Force and other agencies successfully punctured it, an official s

At least four people died and more than 50 people were missing after a flash flood washed away a village in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Tuesday.

The IMD has urged people to remain vigilant over the next 24 hours, as extremely heavy rainfall from cloudbursts may trigger floods and landslides

A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India's Himalayan region on Tuesday, killing at least four people with around 100 others missing."We have received information about four deaths and around 100 people missing.

Uttarakhand faces a deadly pattern of natural disasters. Flash floods and landslides killed hundreds in the last decade. Data shows nearly 3,500 peopl