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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

Made of wood and iron pipes for the movement of search and rescue teams, a small link bridge, which was washed away due to the rising levels of the Kheer Ganga stream in Dharali on Tuesday, has been ...

Two experts warn that the Chardham road project in Uttarakhand could lead to disasters similar to Dharali unless an ...

DEHRADUN: Villagers devastated by a recent cloudburst in Dharali, Uttarakhand, are demanding a comprehensive reconstruction ...

How a ‘petty, merely 7 km long’ stream buried an entire settlement under 20 meters of debris—and why experts saw it coming ...