Leh Flash Floods

Cloudburst triggered by heavy rains caused flash floods which blocked the Srinagar-Leh highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today issued directions to the Ladakh Affairs Department as well as district administration Leh to immediately carry out assessment of damages caused due to flash floods.

At least 70 people have been killed in floods in three states, Bengal, Odisha and Manipur, because of rain in the aftermath of cyclone Komen. There are reports that a flash flood has destroyed a village in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir.

A year after it was hit by flash floods, Druk Padma School, popular as Rancho's school after Aamir Khan's character in the film 3 Idiots, has come back to life.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a Rs 125 crore relief packaged for the Leh cloudburst victims and said all houses destroyed by the natural calamity will be reconstructed within the next two-and-a-half months.Singh, who arrived in Leh on a day-long visit to take stock of relief and rehabilitation undertaken in the aftermath of flash floods i...

Reaching out to the victims of cloudburst here, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today promised them all possible help and lauded the security forces for their massive relief and rehabilitation effort.Rahul, who arrived a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled visit here, took stock of the situation in the worst-affected Choglamsar where ...

A model village, at least that's what former President APJ Abdul Kalam had called it in 2003 on a visit to Saboo village, when he saw its modern facilities comparable to any city.Today, Saboo is the epicenter of the devastation, that is Leh now, and those facilities are in ruins. "This village was very beautiful, but now it is been ruined," said Ts...

In the midst of all the tragedy in Leh are stories of the bravehearts like Havaldar Paljor, who are fighting all odds to help in rescue efforts. As the flash flood hit Leh, Paljor's unit was the first one to be called in for rescue. As he began his work, he got to know word that his parents were badly hurt in the disaster. But the veteran soldier r...

Following the disastrous flash floods that hit Leh on Friday, the Army is now searching for the bodies of 26 jawans who are missing from Thygasi near Turtuk along the Line of Control (Loc). (In Pics: Flash floods in Leh)This group of soldiers was untraceable after a hillock came crashing down on their post which is barely 150 metres from the LoC. S...

Bulat Kumar is still haunted by the trauma of the night when Leh was hit by a flash flood caused by a cloudburst. A labourer from Bihar, he was asleep in his tent with nine relatives when the floods hit Leh.All of them were washed away; he's the only one who survived and doesn't know if his family in a Bihar village even knows about the tragedy."We...

For the survivors of the Leh flash floods and mudslides, the nightmare is only just beginning. Many have seen their family and friends being engulfed by the flood, and their lives devastated.    Padma and Stanzim are still dazed after their narrow escape on Thursday."Both these children were stuck in mud and debris but we were lucky ...

On ground zero, it's a story of devastation, a capital otherwise brimming with tourists now a ghost town. Rescue operations continue 24 hours a day and for those who have survived, rescue personnel are taking care of their food, shelter and medical aid.The outskirts of Leh town on the road leading to Manali has flattened houses and buried vehicles....

Frantic rescue efforts are underway in Leh and parts of Ladakh after Friday's devastating cloudburst that flattened villages and snapped power and communication links. According to the latest estimates over 150 people are now dead. (Watch: This labourer lost nine relatives) Although many families reported missing after water swept through their vil...

Around 400 people are still missing in Leh, the high altitude capital of Ladakh. Among those missing are 31 jawans of the Indo-Tibetan border police whose camp was washed away in flash floods following Friday's cloud burst in the area. The picturesque landscape of Ladakh has been completely destroyed. Fortunately, the Air Force has managed to compl...

A cloudburst is a sudden downpour within a radius of few kilometres. It usually lasts no longer than few minutes but is capable of flooding the area.Rainfall from a cloudburst is usually over 100 mm per hour.Cloudbursts descend from very high clouds, sometimes with tops above 15 kilometers. Rapid precipitation is possible due to large droplets grow...

Cloudburst triggered by heavy rains caused flash floods which blocked the Srinagar-Leh highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today issued directions to the Ladakh Affairs Department as well as district administration Leh to immediately carry out assessment of damages caused due to flash floods.

At least 70 people have been killed in floods in three states, Bengal, Odisha and Manipur, because of rain in the aftermath of cyclone Komen. There are reports that a flash flood has destroyed a village in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir.

A year after it was hit by flash floods, Druk Padma School, popular as Rancho's school after Aamir Khan's character in the film 3 Idiots, has come back to life.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a Rs 125 crore relief packaged for the Leh cloudburst victims and said all houses destroyed by the natural calamity will be reconstructed within the next two-and-a-half months.Singh, who arrived in Leh on a day-long visit to take stock of relief and rehabilitation undertaken in the aftermath of flash floods i...

Reaching out to the victims of cloudburst here, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today promised them all possible help and lauded the security forces for their massive relief and rehabilitation effort.Rahul, who arrived a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled visit here, took stock of the situation in the worst-affected Choglamsar where ...

A model village, at least that's what former President APJ Abdul Kalam had called it in 2003 on a visit to Saboo village, when he saw its modern facilities comparable to any city.Today, Saboo is the epicenter of the devastation, that is Leh now, and those facilities are in ruins. "This village was very beautiful, but now it is been ruined," said Ts...

In the midst of all the tragedy in Leh are stories of the bravehearts like Havaldar Paljor, who are fighting all odds to help in rescue efforts. As the flash flood hit Leh, Paljor's unit was the first one to be called in for rescue. As he began his work, he got to know word that his parents were badly hurt in the disaster. But the veteran soldier r...

Following the disastrous flash floods that hit Leh on Friday, the Army is now searching for the bodies of 26 jawans who are missing from Thygasi near Turtuk along the Line of Control (Loc). (In Pics: Flash floods in Leh)This group of soldiers was untraceable after a hillock came crashing down on their post which is barely 150 metres from the LoC. S...

Bulat Kumar is still haunted by the trauma of the night when Leh was hit by a flash flood caused by a cloudburst. A labourer from Bihar, he was asleep in his tent with nine relatives when the floods hit Leh.All of them were washed away; he's the only one who survived and doesn't know if his family in a Bihar village even knows about the tragedy."We...

For the survivors of the Leh flash floods and mudslides, the nightmare is only just beginning. Many have seen their family and friends being engulfed by the flood, and their lives devastated.    Padma and Stanzim are still dazed after their narrow escape on Thursday."Both these children were stuck in mud and debris but we were lucky ...

On ground zero, it's a story of devastation, a capital otherwise brimming with tourists now a ghost town. Rescue operations continue 24 hours a day and for those who have survived, rescue personnel are taking care of their food, shelter and medical aid.The outskirts of Leh town on the road leading to Manali has flattened houses and buried vehicles....

Frantic rescue efforts are underway in Leh and parts of Ladakh after Friday's devastating cloudburst that flattened villages and snapped power and communication links. According to the latest estimates over 150 people are now dead. (Watch: This labourer lost nine relatives) Although many families reported missing after water swept through their vil...

Around 400 people are still missing in Leh, the high altitude capital of Ladakh. Among those missing are 31 jawans of the Indo-Tibetan border police whose camp was washed away in flash floods following Friday's cloud burst in the area. The picturesque landscape of Ladakh has been completely destroyed. Fortunately, the Air Force has managed to compl...

A cloudburst is a sudden downpour within a radius of few kilometres. It usually lasts no longer than few minutes but is capable of flooding the area.Rainfall from a cloudburst is usually over 100 mm per hour.Cloudbursts descend from very high clouds, sometimes with tops above 15 kilometers. Rapid precipitation is possible due to large droplets grow...