SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has acknowledged the growing threat of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Union Territory amid rising global temperatures, accelerated glacier melt ...

Dehradun, Sep 29 (PTI) To mitigate the threat of potential "Glacial Lake Outburst Floods" (GLOF) in Uttarakhand, monitoring and early warning systems are being installed in lakes, a process that comme ...

The unprecedented devastation and loss of lives in the wake of the Nepal flash floods have set off the alarm bells for Himachal Pradesh, with researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) ...

Commission chairman Akhilesh Gupta handed over the report to Tamang in the presence of Pintso Namgyal Lepcha, Sikkim’s minister for forests and environment The commission on glacial hazards submits ...

Nepal is set to begin draining four high-altitude glacial lakes in an effort to reduce flood risks, as the country recovers from the recent catastrophic deadly flood that killed more than 1,400 people ...

Dehradun, Oct 13 (PTI) The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday announced the successful installation of a pilot early-warning system equipped with advanced weather sensors at a glacial lake in Chamoli ...

The death toll from the massive flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border rose to 392 on Thursday, as rescue teams waded through mud and raced against time to trace more than 1,400 people still ...

Mattresses and debris is seen coming out of windows of a damaged house in the aftermath of flash floods at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Aug. 29, 2026. Nearly 3,000 people were still missing ...

Officials are scrambling to reduce flood risks after August's glacier collapse that killed more than 1,400 people in the border region with China.