This is an archive article published on September 10, 2022
Woman killed, houses filled with sludge as cloudburst triggers flash flood in Uttarakhand village
The body of Pashupati Devi, a resident of Khotila village, was later pulled out of the sludge that had choked her house after the flooding of the river, Pithoragarh District Magistrate Ashish Chauhan said.
Rescue work underway after a cloudburst at Dharchula in Pithoragarh district, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (PTI Photo) A cloudburst in a border village of Nepal triggered a flash flood in Khotila village on the Indian side as waters of the swelling Kali river rushed into homes, filling them with sludge and killing a woman.
The body of Pashupati Devi, a resident of Khotila village, was later pulled out of the sludge that had choked her house after the flooding of the river, Pithoragarh District Magistrate Ashish Chauhan said.
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The village is located near Dharchula town in Pithoragarh district, he said.
The cloudburst occurred past midnight in Bangabagar village across the India-Nepal border, Chauhan said. The river waters mixed with debris gushed into 36 homes in Khotila village, officials said.
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