Overview

• State disaster officials reported at least four deaths and three missing across affected districts after overnight cloudbursts triggered landslides.
• In Chamoli’s Dewal–Mopata area, a couple died and another person was injured when a house and cowshed were buried, according to district authorities.
• Rudraprayag’s Basukedar and Chenagad belts saw extensive damage, with USDMA citing reports that 30–40 families may be trapped in Taljaman and the local SP noting eight people trapped in Chenagad as access roads broke at multiple points.
• Police warned of surging Alaknanda and Mandakini levels and urged people to leave riverbanks, as houses, vehicles and a bridge were swept away and key stretches of the Badrinath and Kedarnath highways were blocked.
• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said operations are underway on a war footing with NDRF, SDRF and local teams deployed, schools were shut in several districts, and the IMD issued red alerts for Bageshwar, Chamoli, Dehradun and Rudraprayag with orange alerts in nearby areas.