Rescue operations in Uttarakhand`s flash flood-ravaged Uttarkashi district gained momentum on Thursday, with 65 stranded people airlifted to Matli, officials said. Buses have been arranged to send them to their respective destinations,

Uttarakhand, the mountainous northern state that hosts Dharali, has been devastated by cloudbursts before. A June 2013 cloudburst killed over 6,000 people in Uttarakhand and surrounding states, becoming the country's worst natural disaster in ten years. In 2021, flash flooding triggered by a cloudburst killed over 200.

Mumbai: At least 151 tourists from Maharashtra have been stranded in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand after heavy landslides and flash floods cut off access to the remote Dharali region. Of these,