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The death and destruction left behind by the flash floods in the Kheer Ganga river in Dharali resurrects painful memories the 2013 Kedarnath disaster.

Over the past 12 years, a series of disasters have underscored the fragility of the Himalayan terrain.

On August 18, 2019, a cloudburst in Tikochi and Makudi villages in Uttarkashi's Arakot region triggered flash floods and landslides, killing at least 19 people and affecting 38 villages.

In February 2021, the collapse of a hanging glacier caused a debris flow in the Ronti Gad stream, a tributary of Rishiganga, sweeping away two hydropower projects in Chamoli. Eighty bodies were ...