Locals say nearly 100 people have been missing since the flash flood.

Earlier on Tuesday, authorities continued air operations to rescue the stranded people in the areas of Dharali and Harsil in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, where flash floods hit on August 5, ...

A global ‘extinction of experience’ is underway. As we stop seeing, naming, and loving the natural world around us, we lose not only biodiversity but also the capacity to care for the environment that ...

For decades, successive governments have avoided acknowledging that the Himalayan mountains are fragile and highly vulnerable to natural hazards because of their limited carrying capacity.

Heavy rain lashed Delhi-NCR and Mumbai on Thursday, offering respite from intense heat and humidity. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a 'yellow' alert for both cities, forecasting ...

RECCO is becoming increasingly common in outdoor gear, and SAR teams around the world are relying on it — but the rescue ...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has raised a red alert, cautioning against an imminent threat of flash floods ...

It had already been raining incessantly for a month. Then on the afternoon of 5th August, panic spread through the valley.

It is not just nature’s fury that causes flash floods, but a cumulative effect of of  human negligence, greed, and disregard for ecological limits Natural disasters are more often than not just nature ...

Within seconds, massive torrents of water and debris cascaded into the valley, surging through the market at lightning speed.

The Chardham all-weather road project is a 889-km highway network in Uttarakhand aimed at providing year-round connectivity ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science suspect a 'hanging glacier' may have contributed to the devastating flash ...