Uttarakhand Rain

Uttarakhand was hit by heavy rains today, a day after the char dham yatra began. The sudden weather change posed difficulties for the devotees on the adventurous pilgrimage.

This year's first major spell of rain has led water entering houses in some parts of Uttarakhand. A silver lining to the tragedy, however, is that fires raging in forests were doused in some of the places where the rainfall occurred.

Depending on the rain god and cloud seeding are not the answer and the government needs to take effective steps, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a petition flagging forest fires in Uttarakhand.

A rain forecast and temperatures dropping to 4 degrees Celsius pose additional hurdles in the ongoing rescue operations to free 41 construction workers trapped under a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi.

Three young men narrowly escaped a perilous situation while attempting to cross the fast-flowing Ramganga River in an SUV in Almora, Uttarakhand.

A house was seen collapsing due to a landslide in a terrifying video from Uttarakhand today.

Amidst continuous rains since Saturday, the higher areas of Chamoli received the first snowfall of the season on Monday.

Climate change driven by global increase in temperatures is behind heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, scientists have said.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said a disaster-like situation prevails in Uttarakhand due to excessive rains and put the losses suffered by the state so far at over Rs 1,000 crore.

Groundwater has begun to ooze out of the floors of some houses in Ganganagar area of Uttarakhand due to incessant rains, causing concern among residents and authorities.

A car was washed away into a river as Uttarakhand continues to reel under the impact of heavy rainfall.

A part of the famous Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Uttarakhand's Dehradun has collapsed following incessant rain.

The weather office today issued an Orange alert for the hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which have seen large scale devastation and loss of life due to rain-related incidents in the last couple of months.

Amid heavy rains in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, parts of the Karnaprayag-Gwaldam National Highway got washed away by the Pindar River, which is in spate, officials said on Saturday.

Heavy rain warning has been issued for hill states Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which have been the worst disaster this monsoon.

Uttarakhand was hit by heavy rains today, a day after the char dham yatra began. The sudden weather change posed difficulties for the devotees on the adventurous pilgrimage.

This year's first major spell of rain has led water entering houses in some parts of Uttarakhand. A silver lining to the tragedy, however, is that fires raging in forests were doused in some of the places where the rainfall occurred.

Depending on the rain god and cloud seeding are not the answer and the government needs to take effective steps, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a petition flagging forest fires in Uttarakhand.

A rain forecast and temperatures dropping to 4 degrees Celsius pose additional hurdles in the ongoing rescue operations to free 41 construction workers trapped under a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi.

Three young men narrowly escaped a perilous situation while attempting to cross the fast-flowing Ramganga River in an SUV in Almora, Uttarakhand.

A house was seen collapsing due to a landslide in a terrifying video from Uttarakhand today.

Amidst continuous rains since Saturday, the higher areas of Chamoli received the first snowfall of the season on Monday.

Climate change driven by global increase in temperatures is behind heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, scientists have said.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said a disaster-like situation prevails in Uttarakhand due to excessive rains and put the losses suffered by the state so far at over Rs 1,000 crore.

Groundwater has begun to ooze out of the floors of some houses in Ganganagar area of Uttarakhand due to incessant rains, causing concern among residents and authorities.

A car was washed away into a river as Uttarakhand continues to reel under the impact of heavy rainfall.

A part of the famous Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Uttarakhand's Dehradun has collapsed following incessant rain.

The weather office today issued an Orange alert for the hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which have seen large scale devastation and loss of life due to rain-related incidents in the last couple of months.

Amid heavy rains in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, parts of the Karnaprayag-Gwaldam National Highway got washed away by the Pindar River, which is in spate, officials said on Saturday.

Heavy rain warning has been issued for hill states Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which have been the worst disaster this monsoon.