In pictures: Tumult in the Himalayas

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In this photograph taken on June 18, 2013, the Kedarnath Temple (centre, foreground) is pictured amid flood destruction in the holy Hindu town of Kedarnath, located in Rudraprayag district in the northern Uttarakhand.

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Most roads on the way to Badrinath and Kedarnath have been washed away due to landslides in Uttarakhand on June 30, 2013.

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This handout photograph released on July 2, 2016 by the Indian Army shows soldiers searching for survivors of a landslide following torrential rains in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh area.

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Rescue and relief work is under way after several vehicles, including two buses were swept away by a massive landslide at Kotrupi in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district on August 13, 2017.

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A damaged bridge is seen as a heavy gush of flood water flows into the Ravi in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba on September 25, 2018.

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Flood water gushes down after a cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on August 12, 2019.

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Cars are trapped in flood water due to heavy rain after a cloudburst at Mcleodganj near Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh on July 12, 2021.

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An under-construction bridge on a river along a national highway between Pithoragarh and Champawat at Chalthi in Uttarakhand collapsed on October 19, 2021 following heavy rains.

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In this January 9, 2022 image, large cracks are seen on the walls and roads leading to Vishnupuram area in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath.

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NDRF and SDRF personnel demolish a hotel that has been marked unsafe in the land subsidence-affected area in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath on January 25, 2023.

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A road is damaged after a landslide at Chamba in Uttarakhand’s Tehri district on August 21, 2023.

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Stranded pilgrims board an IAF helicopter after they were rescued in landslide-hit Kedarnath on August 5, 2024.

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Relief and rescue operations are under way at Dharali in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi on August 6, 2025.

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This handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a general view of the town of Dharali almost four months before it was hit by floods.

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A drone view of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) officials attempting to build a makeshift bridge to reach Dharali village after the bridge connecting it was swept away during landslides in Gangnani Uttarakhand.