Natural disaster leaves village erased, and people missing

Over 1,100 evacuated but locals fear more than 100 still buried under debris as climate disaster strikes India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand

By RT International

For Urmila Parashpe, a 48-year-old resident of Mumbai in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, it was a miracle to come out alive from the town of Dharali, which was swept away in India’s worst disaster in the Himalayas since 2013.

Urmila was with a group of six people in a car when she saw huge debris coming from the hills and descending upon Dharali, an important intersection to reach the Hindu pilgrimage site of Gangotri. It was in the afternoon of August 5 when the flash floods began.

Massive tragedy. ATB Indian Army🙏 pic.twitter.com/1GkpcF6F0X

— True Indian (@TrueIndian43764) August 5, 2025

The human cost of the disaster is still unfolding. While Urmila was lucky enough to have survived the incident, Asha Negi, a local resident of Dharali, has been begging officials to search for her missing 40-year-old son Abhishek, who used to run a small Maggi and tea shop.

“I have not heard from him ever since the incident happened, and his mobile has also been switched off. Just tell me if he is alive and I will go home, or take me to the town and I will find him myself,” Asha was heard pleading with a security official at the base in the town of Matli, which was turned into a small base for evacuating people from the affected town.

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