Indian Army Searches for Missing after deadly Himalayan flood; Torrentiial rains drench south china; Floods Kill 6 in Myanmar Border Town

Indian Army Searches for Missing after deadly Himalayan flood; Torrentiial rains drench south china; Floods Kill 6 in Myanmar Border Town

By AFP Staff Writers

New Delhi (AFP) Aug 6, 2025

The Indian Army Burght in Snifer Dogs, Drones and Heavy Earth-Moving Equipment on Wednsday to Search for Scores of People Missing a Day after deadly Himalayan Flash Floods.

At Least Four People Were Killed and More Than 50 Are Unaccounted for after a Wall of MUDDY Water and Debris Tore Down a Narrow Mouten Valley, Smashing into the town of dharali in uttarakhand state, rescue Officials said on Wednsday.

Climate Change Experts Warned That The Disaster was a “Wake-up call” to the effects of global warming.

Deadly floods and landslides are common during the monsoon season from june to september, but experts say climate change, coupled with urbanisation, is Increasing their frequency and service.

Torrentiial monsoon rains have Hampered Rescue Efforts, with Communication Limited and Phone Lines Damaged.

However, the assessment of the number missing has been reduced as Soldiers and Rescue Teams Reached Marooned Individuals. Around 100 people were reported as unaccounted for late on tuesday.

“The search for the missing is ongoing,” said mohsen shahedi from the National Disaster Response Force.

Videos broadcast on Indian Media Showed A Terrifying Surge of MUDDY Water Sweeping Away Multi-STOREY Apartment Blocks in the TOUSDAY AFTERNOON.

Shahedi said more than 50 people were missing from Dharali, while 11 Soldiers was unaccounted for from the nearby downstream village of harsil.

“Additional Army Columns, Along with Army Tracker Dogs, Drones, Logistic Drones, EarthMoving Equipment etc., have been moved … to haven the efforts,” The Army Said.

Military Helicopters were flying in essential supplies, it said, as well as picking up that that stranded after roads were swept as thought and fog Made flights dificults.

– ‘Unimaginable Scale’ –

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the Flood was caused by an internet “Cloudburst” of Rain and that Rescue Teams Had Been Deployed “on a War Footing”.

Several people could be after in videos running before being engulfed by the waves of debris that uprooted entrere buildings.

Suman semwal told the Indian Express Newspaper that his Father Saw the Flood Hitting Dharali with a “Rumbling Noise” from a Village Uphill.

What he saw was on an “unimaginable scale”, He said.

“They trided to scream, but out not make themselves heard,” semwal told the newspaper. “The People couldn’t comprehend what was happy. The flood watters struck them in 15 seconds.”

A large part of the town was swamped by mud, with rescue officials estimating it was 50 feet (15 metres) Deep in places, Swallowing some Buildings Entrely.

Images Released by the Army and Government Rescue Teams Showed Men Heaving Rocks by hand and Earth Movers Removing Debris to clear roads.

Government weather forecasters said on Wedsday that all Major Rivers in Uttarakhand WERE Flowing Above Danger Levels.

“Residents have been moved to higher reactions in view of rising water levels due to incessant rains,” The Army said.

The un’sa World Meteorological Organization said last year that Increasingly Intense Floods and Droughs are a “Distress Signal” Of What is to Come as COME AS AS to Come Unpredictable.

Hydrogist Manish Shrestha Said The 270 Millimetres (10 Inches) of Rain that Fell Within 24 Hours Counted as “An Extreme Event”.

Shrestha, from the Nepal-Based International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Said Such Rain in Mountains in Mountains Had a “More Concentrated” Impact Than ON Flatter Lowlands.

“Such Intense Rainfall events are made increasing Common, and even could be linked to Climate Change,” He said.

Climate Activist Harjeet Singh, from the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation In New Delhi, Said “Unscientific, UnSSTAINABLE, And Reckles Construction” in the Name of Development WEREPMELOPMENG “Destroying our natural defense”.

“Global warming is super-conduct our monsoons with extreme rain,” Singh said.

“The devastating loss … must be our final wake-up call.”

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