Nearly 50 people survived a deadly avalanche inside metal containers in the Himalayas. Eight people died when snow swept down a slope and engulfed a makeshift camp in India’s Uttarakhand state, near ...

Given the increasing frequency of such disasters, the government aims to set up better early warning systems and improve ...

The avalanche occurred near a highway in the Chamoli region of India's Uttarakhand state which borders Tibet. Read the full story ...

The avalanche hit the BRO camp between Mana and Badrinath on February 28, burying 54 workers inside eight containers and a ...

Chamoli's District Magistrate, Sandeep Tiwari, informed that the last body retrieved from the avalanche site yesterday has ...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Himachal Pradesh as heavy rain and snowfall are ...

Avalanches take place as layers in a snowpack slide off. Snowstorm, wind direction, steeper slopes, warm temperatures, human ...

The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi at 7 am on Monday was 119, the 'moderate' category, according to Centre's Sameer ...

In Uttarakhand's avalanche incident, all 54 missing persons have been found, including the last body recovered on Sunday, ...

According to officials, the search operation resumed on Sunday morning to locate four missing workers believed to be trapped under the snow after an avalanche hit a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) ...

While the authorities have claimed that rescuers evacuated 47 workers — one of whom later died — local media quoted a worker ...

Lt Gen Sengupta said that specialized recco radars, UAVs, quadcopters, avalanche rescue dogs, etc were pressed into service locate the survivors. Helicopters are also operating continuously for ...