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The death toll stands at 41 on Sunday from a glacier break in northern India with more bodies recovered during rescue operations, according to the Press Information Bureau (PIB). The number of missing people is still more than 160 one week after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier, Indias second-hi ..

»Had It Not Been For Her Warning: How Womans Frantic Calls to Son Saved 25 Lives in Ukhand Tragedy 2-MIN READ Had It Not Been For Her Warning: How Womans Frantic Calls to Son Saved 25 Lives in Ukhand Tragedy Damaged dam of the Rishi Ganga Power Project, after a glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river on February 7, 2021. (File photo) On February 7, a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier possibly burst through its banks i...

The principle of cause and effect is a precise one — for every action, there is a reaction. It is in this context that the unfortunate flash floods in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand last...

NEW DELHI — Rescuers searching muck-filled ravines and valleys for survivors after the sudden collapse of a Himalayan glacier triggered massive flooding in northern India a week ago found 11 more bodies on Sunday, raising the death toll to 49. Krishan Kumar, a spokesperson for the National Disaster Response Force, said 155 people were still […]

NEW DELHI - Rescuers searching muck-filled ravines and valleys for survivors after the sudden collapse of a Himalayan glacier triggered massive flooding...

UPDATE - Death Toll From Glacier Disaster in Northern India Rises to 50 - Disaster Response Force Sun 14th February 2021 | 06:10 PM NEW DELHI (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th February, 2021) The death toll from a partial collapse of a Himalayan glacier in Indias Uttarakhand state has grown to 50 people, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said on Sunday. The latest reported death toll earlier in the day stated 45 fatalities, as conveyed by NDRF Director General Satya Narayan Pradhan. ...

The Cryosphere showed how the collapse of two Aru glaciers are altering the landscape — slowly melting into two nearby lakes, and causing the water levels to swell. Eventually the lakes — called Aru Co and Memar Co — could merge into one within the next decade. "A scenario like that could significantly change the regional landscape and disrupt local ecosystems," wrote study co-author Tandong Yao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in a statement, according to a  Scientific American repo...

Artificial Lake Formed In Uttarakhand Due To Clogging Of Stream; Further Damage Likely If Breached: Experts In the aftermath of floods, an artificial lake has been formed on the Rishi Ganga river in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, officials said PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-13T09:03:24+05:30 Artificial Lake Formed In Uttarakhand Due To Clogging Of Stream; Further Damage Likely If Breached: Experts outlookindia.com 2021-02-13T09:07:26+05:30 Also read Announcing...

ISSUE DATE: February 22, 2021 UPDATED: February 15, 2021 14:06 IST MISSION RESCUE: ITBP troopers look for survivors inside a tunnel at a hydropower plant in the aftermath of the flash floods in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on February 7 The disaster that unfolded on February 7 in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand after a portion of a ‘hanging glacier’ on the slopes of Nanda Devi broke off and triggered flash floods strikes yet another environmental alarm bell for India’s Himalayan regions. The g...

Uttarakhand Flash Floods: Water Being Discharged From Newly Formed Lake Making It No Longer Dangerous Newly formed lake near Rishi Ganga in Uttarakhand (Twitter/@rohanduaTOI) After increasing fears on possibility of another flood due to formation of a new lake near the Raini village in Joshimath of Uttarakhand, on Saturday (13 February) the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar said that water was being continuously discharged from the lake making it no longer dangerous, rep...