Kalachand Sain, the director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, stated a ‘glacial burst’ is widely considered the cause (also the cause of the 2013 Uttarakhand floods), with a close ...

In Uttarakhand, landslides, floods, and cloudbursts during the monsoon season result in significant loss of life and property every year. The Social Development for Communities (SDC) Foundation on ...

IMD predicts that Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, and other parts of Uttarakhand would likely see significant rainfall. Over the past five days, there have been floods in Punjab and Haryana too.

Almost eight years after floods in Uttarakhand claimed close to 5,700 lives, around 10 people lost their lives and over 150 are missing following a glacier burst and flash floods on the Alaknanda ...