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Isro satellite images reveal scale of Uttarkashi flash flood devastation
The most prominent finding from ISRO’s rapid assessment is the clear indication of a sudden flash flood event, visible ...
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‘Don’t know if they’re alive’—migrant workers who escaped Dharali flash flood await news of family
Constant stream of helicopters has been ferrying NDRF and SDRF personnel to flash flood-affected areas. By some estimates, ...
Uttarkashi flash floods: Anxious families wait for updates from Dharali as rescue efforts continue
Bharat Singh has been trying to contact his family in Dharali for the past 50 hours now. The 52-year-old was at Gaganani, ...
Flash flooding in Uttarakhand, India, kills 4, dozens still missing, local officials say
Uttarakhand, the mountainous northern state that hosts Dharali, has been devastated by cloudbursts before. A June 2013 ...
Helicopters rescue people stranded by floods on key India pilgrim route
Indian rescuers used helicopters on Thursday to pluck to safety people stranded by flood waters in the Himalayan state of ...
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Dharali never saw the flash floods coming due to a Himalayan problem—lack of data, no warning systems
Meteorologists are unable to determine whether ‘cloudburst’ or or glacial lake outburst caused floods in Uttarkashi’s Dharali ...
IMD Rules Out Cloudburst In Dharali Village Flash Flood Incident (VIDEO)
Uttarkashi: The devastating flash flood that swept through Dharali village in Uttarkashi district on Tuesday was not caused ...
Landslides, blocked roads hamper Indian flood rescue effort
Rescuers battled heavy rain and blocked roads in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday, after four deaths in ...
‘My 40-room hotel swept away like a leaf': Uttarkashi hotelier narrates ordeal post Dharali flash flood
When a cloudburst led to flash floods and mudslides led to mudslides in Uttarkashi, Dharali village was one of the worst-hit ...