Chamoli

A view shows damage after a Himalayan glacier broke and crashed into a dam at Raini Chak Lata village in Chamoli district, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

The Data Is Clear: Himalayan Glaciers Are in Distress

Katharina Buchholz 12/02/2021

The World Glacier Monitoring Service supported warning signs about...

Rescue operation outside a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away, in Tapovan,Uttarakhand.Photo:Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis

In Indian Himalayas, Drones Draw Blank in Search for Workers Missing in Flooded Tunnel

Reuters 11/02/2021

204 people remain unaccounted for in the Tapovan tunnel,...

Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police watch as a machine is used to clear a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away, in Tapovan

Uttarakhand: Early Warning System Could Have Saved More Lives at Joshimath

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 10/02/2021

Lessons from the 2013 Kedarnath tragedy were never learnt,...

Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police search for survivors after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam, in Chormi

Why We Already Know the Rishi Ganga Flood Was a ‘Sooner or Later’ Event

C.P. Rajendran 08/02/2021

There should be no doubt that the Chamoli disaster...