At least 50 people have been reported missing after a village in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand was washed away in flash floods, the NDTV news channel said on Tuesday.
Videos on local TV channels showed floodwater surging down a mountain and crashing into a hamlet at the foothills, sweeping away houses and a road in Uttarkashi town in the Himalayas.
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Uttarakhand police said in a post on X there was likely to be damage because of an increase in water levels in the Harshil area of Uttarkashi, urging residents to stay away from rivers.
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Uttarakhand, located in the Himalayas, is increasingly prone to flash floods and landslides, which some experts blame on climate change.
