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Aug 4, 2023 · At least three people have died, 12 people are missing, and about half a dozen shops have been destroyed after heavy rain triggered a landslide in Gaurikund, the main stop of the Kedarnath yatra, in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district on late Thursday night.
Aug 20, 2023 · There were 11,219 landslides in the state from 1988 to 2022. This year, there have been 1,123 already with the monsoon’s end still a month away. Climate change is, of course, responsible for the destruction, experts say, but haphazard growth and poorly planned highways are also to blame.
Sep 18, 2023 · The monsoon season in Uttarakhand has resulted in nearly 100 deaths and over a dozen people missing. Landslides are the main cause of these fatalities. Flash floods and cloudbursts have also ...
Mar 7, 2023 · Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand are the most landslide-prone districts in the country, according to satellite data by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Aug 22, 2023 · Four people, including two women and a 4-month-old baby, were killed after being hit by a landslide in Chamba in Uttarakhand's Tehri district on Monday, police said. Four bodies have been recovered so far and a search is underway for another missing person, senior police official Navneet Singh Bhullaraid said.
Feb 17, 2021 · The devastating flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district was caused by landslides and a snow avalanche that brought down debris, mud and soil into the downstream areas of a stream.
Aug 13, 2021 · Heavy rains triggered a landslide near a motorway close to Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district late Thursday. No casualties have been reported so far. However, the national highway has been blocked due to the debris, leading to a traffic jam in the area.
Heavy rains in the state — Uttarakhand has 471.9 mm of rain till July 24 morning (since July 1 this year), compared to the long period average of 314.9 mm — have resulted in a spate of...
Oct 22, 2022 · Four people were killed and one was injured when a landslide hit three houses in the Tharali area of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, officials said on Saturday. Tharali Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ravindra Juwantha said police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams have been rushed to the spot.
Feb 8, 2021 · The catastrophic landslide and flood in Chamoli in Uttarakhand: the sequence of events. Deciphering the sequence of events that lead to the terrible debris flow / flood in Chamoli yesterday was quite a challenge, especially on a Sunday.
