Search operations continue in the flash-flood affected Dharali village in Uttarkashi district. A cloud burst on 5th August induced flash floods in Dharali and Harsil, causing immense destruction.

The Indian army and the National Disaster Response Force intensified search operations in the Himalayan village of Dharali on Sunday (August 10), days after flash floods killed at least four people and left multiple missing,

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.