At least four dead, dozens missing while sudden floods hit the village of northern India | Climate crisis news

The Himalayan floods were caused by a Cloudburst, which is common during the country-September monsoon season.

Sudden floods swept a Himalayan village in northern India, killing at least four people and leaving more than 50 missing, according to officials, who warned that the toll could increase more.

The videos broadcast on the Indian media showed a terrifying wave of muddy water sweeping the buildings in the village of Dharali in the state of Uttarakhand.

Several people could be seen to run before being swallowed up by the dark waves of debris which uprooted whole buildings. A large strip of the village was overwhelmed by deep debris. In places, the mud launched the houses of houses.

Four people have been killed and many others have been saved so far, said the Uttarkashi district administrator Prashant Arya, at local media.

“A massive mud shift struck the village of Dharali in the Kheer Gad region near Harsil, triggering a sudden flow of debris and water through the colony,” said the Indian army in a post on X.

Rescue teams have been deployed “on a warfoot” in the Himalayan state of the Uttarakhand, the Pushkar Singh Dhami Dhami Dhami Dhami -in -State Minister in a statement, adding: “We do everything possible to save lives and relieve.”

Army teams and disaster response forces have reached the region, local authorities said, with workers trying to save people trapped under debris and sludge.

The National Authority for the Management of India disasters said that he had asked three helicopters of the federal government to help rescue and rescue operations, while rescuers had trouble accessing the distant field.

“Fortunately, most people were at a fair in a safe place,” said a disaster manager who asked not to be appointed because he was not allowed to speak to the media.

The images published by the army, taken from the site after the disappearance of the main torrent of the water, showed a slow mud river.

Red warning issued

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences to those who “affected by this tragedy … No stone is left unsuccessful to provide assistance to the people,” he said in a statement published on social networks.

The Meteorological Service of India issued a red warning warning for the region and recorded “extremely heavy” precipitation of around 21 cm (8 inch) in isolated parts of Uttarakhand. It also provides more heavy rains in the region in the coming days.

The authorities asked schools to stay closed in several districts, including Dehradun and Haridwar.

Sudden and intense showers on small areas known as clouds have become increasingly common in Uttarakhand, a region subject to sudden floods and landslides during the Mousson season from June to September. Cloud explosions have the potential to wreak havoc by causing intense floods and landslides, affecting thousands of people in mountainous regions.

Experts claim that Cloudbursts have increased in recent years due to climate change, while the damage caused by storms have also increased due to unforeseen development in mountain regions.

More than 6,000 people died and 4,500 villages were affected when a similar Cloudburst devastated the state of Uttarakhand in 2013.

A 2023 report from Nepal International Center for Integrated Mountain Development revealed that glaciers melt at unprecedented rates in the Hindu mountain chains of Kush and Himalayas. The study revealed that at least 200 of the region’s more than 2,000 glacial lakes are at risk of overflow, which can cause downstream catastrophic damage.

The United Nations World Meteorological Organization said last year that the increasingly intense floods and droughts are a “distress signal” of what is to come, because climate change makes the water cycle of the planet more and more unpredictable.