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Cloudburst Triggers Destructive Flash Floods in Chamoli’s Tharali, With One Feared Dead and Roads Cut Off

Rescuers face blocked access, with an orange alert in place for very heavy rain.

Cloudburst in Chamoli | Image: X\ANI
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A police official and others during a search and rescue operation at an affected area after heavy rainfall in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.
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Overview

  • Debris swept through the tehsil complex, the SDM’s residence and market areas, with 30–40 homes in Tharali and a similar number in Chepdo reported inundated or damaged.
  • A 20-year-old woman identified as Kavita was buried under debris in Sagwara and a man named Joshi was reported missing in Chepdo, according to district officials.
  • SDRF and NDRF teams deployed overnight were slowed by blocked approach roads as the Army, ITBP and police joined operations, relief camps were opened and helicopter assistance was sought.
  • The Karnaprayag–Gwaldam highway was shut near Ming Gadhera and the Tharali–Sagwara and Dungri roads were closed; schools and anganwadi centres in affected blocks were ordered shut.
  • IMD maintained an orange alert for Uttarakhand as parallel search operations continued in J&K’s Kishtwar for 36 people missing after the Aug 14 disaster, with the death toll there cited at about 65.