Scientists had warned the calamity at Kedarnath in 2013 is a precursor to more destructive floods. The Nepal disaster is yet another reminder ...

DEHRADUN: The Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath fell silent on Wednesday morning as priests, pilgrims, traders and security personnel gathered to mark 13 years since the catastrophic 2013 floods that ...

In June 2013, Uttarakhand witnessed destruction on a scale that reshaped both geography and memory. Days of relentless rain triggered cloudbursts, landslides, and a sudden glacial lake outburst that ...

DEHRADUN: The devastating flash flood that tore through Nepal on Wednesday, sweeping away homes, bridges and other infrastructure, bears striking similarities t ...

Uttarakhand has experienced thousands of recorded disaster incidents over the past decade, including floods, landslides, cloudbursts and avalanches. Between 201 ...

From Kedarnath's flash floods to Sikkim's glacial lake outburst to Rasuwa's ice avalanche, a string of Himalayan disasters shows how melting glaciers, thawing permafrost and extreme rainfall are ...

The flash floods in Nepal were only the latest in an accelerating series of disasters that have battered the Himalayas in recent years.

Until monitoring, early warning and land-use planning catch up with how fast these glacial lakes are actually growing, every monsoon and every winter thaw will carry the same risk that has already ...