As rescue and relief operations continue, a new debate has emerged among experts and glaciologists: what triggered this ...

Sediments that barrelled down the Kheer Ganga river and swept through the remote village in the upper reaches of Uttarakhand has also blocked a large span of the Bhagirathi river downstream, cutting ...

In the recent glacial lake outburst flood events, such as the South Lhonak lake incident in Sikkim in October 2023, about 14.7 million cubic metres of mass of ice, rock and sediments crashed into the ...

New Delhi — At least four people were killed and 50 more were missing after massive flash floods and a landslide in the hilly north Indian state of Uttarakhand swept away dozens of homes Tuesday.

These alert changes, starting Aug. 1, will now prompt a new kind of flash flood warning, called a “Base Flash Flood Warning” for these lower-impact events, which will greatly replace most ...

A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India's Himalayan region on Tuesday, killing at least four people with around 100 others missing. The roaring waters tore down a ...

Experts from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) have said they were examining the possibility of a glacier collapse ...

Potentially significant flash flooding is possible this afternoon into tonight as a flood warning is in effect for Delaware, New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland through 6 a.m. Aug. 1 ...

Flash floods have caused catastrophic disasters across the U.S. this summer, including devastation in Central Texas and New Mexico. The Northeast hasn't been exempt from the torrential rain.