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.

Video from Northern India shows a wall of water, mud and debris cascading down a mountainside into a village after a sudden downpour of heavy rain in the region. Rescue efforts are now underway with searchers looking for dozens of people who are feared to be trapped or missing.

Officials say more than 100 people are missing after a cloudburst triggered devastating flash floods in India's northern state of Uttarakhand. Rescue operations are under way in Uttarkashi district after a gigantic wave of water gushed down the mountains into Dharali village on Tuesday,

A cloudburst struck Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Tuesday afternoon which triggered a mudslide and flash floods in Dharalivillage.

Rescue teams have reached Dharali village in Uttarkashi, which is believed to have borne the brunt of the floods.

Suspected cloudbursts triggered flash floods along the Kheer Ganga river banks and left at least four dead and dozens missing in Uttarkashi on Tuesday