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NEW DELHI: A flash flood in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand that ravaged through the valleys of the Rishi Ganga, Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers last month was triggered by a massive rockslide just below Ronti peak and the energy of the fall melted the ice creating the source of flood, said scientific findings of an intergovernmental body, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). The findings, released on Friday, said the energy of the fall of about 22 million cubic ...

Even as militaries clash in the region, cross-border teams of scientists collaborate on climate models.

With rescue efforts still underway, the disaster has swiftly become international news. Media coverage has speculated about the cause of the devastation, with glacial lake “outbursts”, broken glaciers and avalanches all put forward as possible explanations. In this factcheck, Carbon Brief unpacks how the events unfolded and speaks to scientists who suggest that a landslide was, in fact, the most likely primary cause. And while further analysis is needed to assess the role of climate change...

The Himalayan region is divided not only by a patchwork of artificial national borders, but by deeply-entrenched political hostilities.

Nearly two weeks after disaster struck Uttarakhand’s remote villages in Chamoli district, the search and rescue operations are still far from over. While several army personnel, battalions of Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP) and staff of state and centre disaster response forces (NDRF and SDRF) persevere to rescue workers and villagers along the basin of two rivers – Rishi Ganga and Dhauliganga, the hope of finding survivors is diminishing with each passing day. According to the information ...

Deadly glacier break in Himalayas a warning of hazards in a warmer world, scientists say Glaciologists say the deadly slide in northern India earlier this month is a sign of how areas around glaciers are becoming more dangerous as a result of climate change. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 18, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 24 Members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) carry the body of a victim on Feb. 9 after recovering it from the debris after a part of a glacier ...

Uttarakhand flood: Scientists highlight the need to improve monitoring of glaciers Gathering baseline data will help in understanding the hydrology, geology and climate change response of Himalayan glaciers. The site of a destroyed hydroelectric power station in Raini village of Uttarakhand. | Anshree Fadnavis/ Reuters As authorities race to rescue people trapped in Uttarakhand, following a devastating landslide-induced flash flood on February 7, scientists have called for de...

Interview: Uttarakhand flood is a tragic reminder of the dangers Himalayas face from climate change Pema Gyamtsho, an expert on the fragile ecology of the Hindu Kush Himalayas, talks about the challenges that the region is facing. Rescue teams in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. | PTI Pema Gyamtsho, the director general of the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, is one of the world’s leading experts on protection of the fragile ecol...

Glacier slipped from 5,600m may have caused disaster: Experts ​ By VISHAL GULATI ( IANS) | Published on ​ Thu, Feb 11 2021 11:57 IST | ​ 0 Views Glacier slipped from 5,600m may have caused disaster: Experts. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Feb 11 : There was a hanging glacier that slipped with rock and ice falling from 5,600 metres altitude owing to gravitational pull and this caused disaster in Uttarakhand, as per preliminary observations of experts. This explanation by scientists...

852 New Delhi, February 11 There was a hanging glacier that slipped with rock and ice falling from 5,600 metres altitude owing to gravitational pull and this caused disaster in Uttarakhand, as per preliminary observations of experts. This explanation by scientists comes days after Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament that initial inquiry has revealed that a landslide triggered a snow avalanche covering approximately 14 square km area and caused a flash flood in the Rishiganga river downstrea...