Heavy rainfall that triggered floods in Pakistan in recent weeks, killing hundreds of people, was worsened by human-caused ...

Reviled as ‘illegal immigrants’, the group’s continued landlessness is a product of an ecological crisis and political ...

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

Uttarakhand, the mountainous northern state that hosts Dharali, has been devastated by cloudbursts before. A June 2013 ...

Tuesday’s landslides and floods in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi region, in the heart of the Bhagirathi Ecosensitive Zone (BESZ) have yet again highlighted the trade-offs involved in the construction of ...

Relief teams recovered two bodies on Wednesday and personnel on the ground warned that this number would likely spiral. The ...

According to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office, both central and state agencies are working on a war footing to carry out relief and rescue operations in the area.