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8 Killed as Massive Cloudbursts Rock Uttarakhand
The New Indian Express Kozhikode
|August 30, 2025
A series of devastating cloudbursts rocked Uttarakhand between Thursday night and Friday morning, claiming at least eight lives and leaving over a dozen people missing across Garhwal and Kumaon.
The natural calamities, exacerbated by incessant monsoon rains, triggered widespread destruction in the districts of Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri, and Bageshwar, washing away homes, damaging infrastructure, and burying more than 35 cattle heads. The Himalayan states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir are grappling with the severe impact of monsoon-triggered cloudbursts and related natural disasters. Friday, in particular, proved to be devastating for Uttarakhand, as reports of cloudbursts in different parts of the state caused
This story is from the August 30, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kozhikode.
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