The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has forecast generally cloudy weather across the country today, with ...

Not all cloudburst-like events result in a flash flood or a disaster. And not all flash floods are triggered by an intense ...

"Huge glacial lake outburst floods that are a combination of ice, sediment, rocks that can have quite disastrous impacts not only on infrastructure but loss of life," said Rodrigo Narro Pérez, an ...

If extremely heavy rainfall can cause such damage without a rare event like a cloudburst, it should leave the system working ...

Himalayas and Western Ghats in India. with background music and no narration, it shows mountain views, forests, and natural scenery from above.

MANERI, India (Reuters) -Kameshwari Devi was on her way back from a temple near her village in the Indian Himalayas when a ...

Despite rescue operations, remote communities remain vulnerable due to inadequate alert systems and unscientific ...

A deadly wall of muddy water that swept away an Indian Himalayan town this week was likely caused by a rapidly melting ...

Meteorologists are unable to determine whether ‘cloudburst’ or or glacial lake outburst caused floods in Uttarkashi’s Dharali ...

Experts suggest a glacier collapse may have triggered recent landslides and floods in Uttarkashi, with further analysis ...

The lakes up there were already at the brink due to accumulated rainwater, and then snowmelt occurred.' 'When one lake ...

Local media have also suggested the cause of the flood could be due to a glacial lake outburst. Glacial lake outbursts occur ...