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Uttarakhand's Joshimath Declared Disaster-Prone Area After "Sinking", Cracks Detected
Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Monday said the Joshimath area of Uttarakhand has been declared disaster-prone, with the increasing land subsidence and cracks detected.
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Over 200 People Rescued After Landslide In Uttarakhand's Chamoli
A team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Monday rescued over 200 people after they got trapped in the Tamas area near Raini village in Chamoli district due to a landslide yesterday.
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Huge Rock Broke From Left Valley Of Raunthi Gad, Leading To Uttarakhand Flood In February: Report
A huge mass of rock and snow broke from a left valley of Raunthi Gad, crashing down in the Rishiganga valley and triggering a deadly flood in the Rishiganga river that wiped out a hydel power plant in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district in February
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Uttarakhand Disaster Caused Due to Rock and Ice Avalanche as per Satellite Data: ESA
A large mass of rock and ice avalanche caused the Chamoli disaster in February 2021 in which over 200 people lost their lives in India's Uttarakhand, a new study that used satellite evidence has confirmed.
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First Visuals Of Army Rescue Op After Glacier Disaster In Uttarakhand
The Army has released first visuals of rescue operations in Uttarakhand after a glacier broke, triggering an avalanche close to the Indo-China border on Friday.
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Heavy Rains, Rising Temperature Likely Caused Uttarakhand Disaster: Report
Heavy precipitation in the Chamoli region from February 4-6 and an overall rise in temperature in Uttarakhand in last four decades could have led to the rock collapse which triggered the deadly flash floods in the state last month, according to a study by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.
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Uttarakhand Glacial Disaster Death Count Climbs To 71
One more body was recovered from the banks of Alaknanda river in Kaleshwar on Friday taking the toll in the recent avalanche in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district to 71, officials said.
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ITBP, Disaster Response Team Remove Obstacles From Uttarakhand Lake
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel along with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel on Thursday removed trees and boulders from the artificial lake formed after the flash flood in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
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ITBP, Disaster Response Team Work To Widen Flow Of Uttarakhand Lake
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel along with State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel and other organisations are working together to widen the flow of the lake formed at Rishi Ganga in Chamoli, Uttarakhand.
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136 Missing After Uttarakhand Disaster To Be Declared Dead: Officials
136 people who went missing after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand's Chamoli unleashed an avalanche and flash floods will be declared dead, officials have said.
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Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: Deaths Rise To 62 As One More Body Recovered
One more body has been recovered from a flood-hit area in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, taking the number of deaths in the glacial disaster to 62, even as search and rescue operations continued on Friday for the 13th day at the NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site.
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No Link Between Char Dham Road Widening And Glacier Burst Tragedy: Centre
The Central government today told the Supreme Court that there was no connection between the massive ongoing Char Dham road-widening project and the glacier burst earlier this month that resulted in the death of a number of people in Uttarakhand.
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Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: 54 Bodies Recovered, Search On For Survivors
Eight days after flash flood wrecked Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, 54 bodies have been recovered so, authorities have informed. That leaves over 150 persons still missing going by the initial estimates. Various forces are still racing against time to save possible survivors. The glacier burst in the upper Himalayas that caused the avalanche and d...
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'Possibility Of Human Presence': Rescuers To Dig Deeper In Tapovan Tunnel
Rescuers continue to dig through the rubble inside a damaged tunnel in Uttarakhand's Tapovan in the hope of finding survivors, six days after a glacier disaster struck a hydel power plant in the hill state. Thirty-six bodies have been found and over 200 are missing, the Uttarakhand government said.
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Day 5 Of Rescue Ops To Find Those Trapped In Uttarakhand Tunnel
Rescuers began drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel on Thursday in a desperate bid to reach dozens of people missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier four days earlier.
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Uttarakhand's Joshimath Declared Disaster-Prone Area After "Sinking", Cracks Detected
Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Monday said the Joshimath area of Uttarakhand has been declared disaster-prone, with the increasing land subsidence and cracks detected.
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Over 200 People Rescued After Landslide In Uttarakhand's Chamoli
A team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Monday rescued over 200 people after they got trapped in the Tamas area near Raini village in Chamoli district due to a landslide yesterday.
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Huge Rock Broke From Left Valley Of Raunthi Gad, Leading To Uttarakhand Flood In February: Report
A huge mass of rock and snow broke from a left valley of Raunthi Gad, crashing down in the Rishiganga valley and triggering a deadly flood in the Rishiganga river that wiped out a hydel power plant in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district in February
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Uttarakhand Disaster Caused Due to Rock and Ice Avalanche as per Satellite Data: ESA
A large mass of rock and ice avalanche caused the Chamoli disaster in February 2021 in which over 200 people lost their lives in India's Uttarakhand, a new study that used satellite evidence has confirmed.
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First Visuals Of Army Rescue Op After Glacier Disaster In Uttarakhand
The Army has released first visuals of rescue operations in Uttarakhand after a glacier broke, triggering an avalanche close to the Indo-China border on Friday.
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Heavy Rains, Rising Temperature Likely Caused Uttarakhand Disaster: Report
Heavy precipitation in the Chamoli region from February 4-6 and an overall rise in temperature in Uttarakhand in last four decades could have led to the rock collapse which triggered the deadly flash floods in the state last month, according to a study by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.
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Uttarakhand Glacial Disaster Death Count Climbs To 71
One more body was recovered from the banks of Alaknanda river in Kaleshwar on Friday taking the toll in the recent avalanche in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district to 71, officials said.
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ITBP, Disaster Response Team Remove Obstacles From Uttarakhand Lake
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel along with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel on Thursday removed trees and boulders from the artificial lake formed after the flash flood in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
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ITBP, Disaster Response Team Work To Widen Flow Of Uttarakhand Lake
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel along with State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel and other organisations are working together to widen the flow of the lake formed at Rishi Ganga in Chamoli, Uttarakhand.
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136 Missing After Uttarakhand Disaster To Be Declared Dead: Officials
136 people who went missing after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand's Chamoli unleashed an avalanche and flash floods will be declared dead, officials have said.
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Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: Deaths Rise To 62 As One More Body Recovered
One more body has been recovered from a flood-hit area in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, taking the number of deaths in the glacial disaster to 62, even as search and rescue operations continued on Friday for the 13th day at the NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site.
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No Link Between Char Dham Road Widening And Glacier Burst Tragedy: Centre
The Central government today told the Supreme Court that there was no connection between the massive ongoing Char Dham road-widening project and the glacier burst earlier this month that resulted in the death of a number of people in Uttarakhand.
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Uttarakhand Glacier Burst: 54 Bodies Recovered, Search On For Survivors
Eight days after flash flood wrecked Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, 54 bodies have been recovered so, authorities have informed. That leaves over 150 persons still missing going by the initial estimates. Various forces are still racing against time to save possible survivors. The glacier burst in the upper Himalayas that caused the avalanche and d...
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'Possibility Of Human Presence': Rescuers To Dig Deeper In Tapovan Tunnel
Rescuers continue to dig through the rubble inside a damaged tunnel in Uttarakhand's Tapovan in the hope of finding survivors, six days after a glacier disaster struck a hydel power plant in the hill state. Thirty-six bodies have been found and over 200 are missing, the Uttarakhand government said.
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Day 5 Of Rescue Ops To Find Those Trapped In Uttarakhand Tunnel
Rescuers began drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel on Thursday in a desperate bid to reach dozens of people missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier four days earlier.
