Not a cloudburst? What scientists say may have caused Dharali’s deadly floodInitial reports of a cloudburst causing the Dharali flash flood in Uttarkashi are being questioned as experts suggest a glacier collapse or...
06 Aug, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
Explained: How a cloudburst triggered deadly flash floods in UttarakhandA cloudburst in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand triggered flash floods and destruction in Dharali village. A cloudburst is defined by the IMD as ra...
06 Aug, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
Uttarkashi is only the latest warning: The reasons behind Uttarakhand’s vulnerability to disastersA devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi's Harsil Valley triggered flash floods and landslides, killing at least four. This disaster highligh...
05 Aug, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
Came to senses next to dead co-worker, spent 25 hours more to be rescued, says avalanche survivorJagbir Singh and his colleagues from BRO were trapped under an avalanche in Mana, Uttarakhand. They survived by taking refuge in makeshift ...
02 Mar, 2025, 05.33 PM IST
Uttarkashi avalanche: Bad weather hampers rescue efforts for missing mountaineersSearch efforts for the three missing mountaineers were hamstrung by heavy snowfall on Friday over the avalanche-hit site near the 'Draupadi...
08 Oct, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
Uttarkashi avalanche: 3 more bodies recovered, toll climbs to 19; 10 still missingThe avalanche occurred at a height of 17,000 feet on Tuesday when a team of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) was returning after...
07 Oct, 2022, 10.19 AM IST
Uttarkashi avalanche: 12 more bodies retrieved, toll rises to 16The avalanche occurred at a height of 17,000 feet on Tuesday when the NIM team was returning after summiting Draupadi Ka Danda II peak.
06 Oct, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
Uttarakhand: Mountaineering, trekking banned amid predicted bad weather in UttarkashiThe India Meteorological Deaprtment on Monday predicted "Intense rainfall spell likely to commence over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and U...
06 Oct, 2022, 01.26 PM IST
Record-setter mountaineer Savita Kanswal among those killed in Uttarakhand avalancheA 41-member team of mountaineers was returning after climbing the peak when they were hit by the avalanche on Tuesday. Kanswal worked as an...
05 Oct, 2022, 03.17 PM IST
Uttarakhand Police release list of 28 trainee mountaineers missing after avalancheThe trainees were part of a 41-member team of mountaineers from the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) and were retur...
05 Oct, 2022, 09.48 AM IST
Ten mountaineers killed in avalanche in UttarkashiUttarkashi's disaster management officer, Devendra Singh Patwal, told ET he was still waiting for a detailed report. He said his team was i...
05 Oct, 2022, 12.24 AM IST
Uttarakhand Avalanche: 28 mountaineers trapped at Danda-2 peak; Cheetah choppers carries rescueAs many as 28 people are feared trapped in an avalanche that hit Draupadi's Danda-2 mountain peak in Uttarakhand, chief minister Pushkar Si...
04 Oct, 2022, 02.48 PM IST
Avalanche warning in J&K, HP, Uttarakhand for another 24 hoursAn avalanche warning was again issued today for higher areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
13 Mar, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
Avalanche warning in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, UttarakhandAn advisory was issued by the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), part of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRD...
11 Mar, 2016, 03.11 PM IST
Alert sounded in higher parts of Uttarakhand after snow avalanches warningThe meteorological department predicted inclement weather in Uttarakhand for the next few days during which it said high altitude areas of ...
09 Dec, 2015, 05.49 PM IST
Uttarakhand Government issues alert following snowfall forecastThe MeT department forecast of snowfall is meant especially for areas located above 2,500 metres in Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Uttarkashi and Te...
09 Mar, 2015, 04.56 PM IST
Snow avalanche alert in high altitude areas of UttarkhandAvalanche activity may take place in the higher reaches of the hills of Chamoli, Tehri, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh dist...
31 Jan, 2015, 08.50 PM IST