India, Aug. 5 -- A village was washed away and several people were feared missing after a major cloudburst struck Dharali area near Harsil in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on Tuesday.

The Uttarkashi Police said that due to the rising water level of Kheer Gadh in the Harsil area, "reports of damage in Dharali have prompted police, SDRF, army, and other disaster response teams to engage in relief and rescue operations at the site".

Scary visuals of the cloudburst emerged, showing houses being swept away with the force of the triggered flood.

The Uttarakhand police also said that emergency service officials and teams are engaged in search and rescue operations.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast extremely heavy rainfall at iso...