A cloudburst struck Yamuna Valley in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on Saturday (September 6, 2025), causing heavy damage in Naugaon area, where debris buried a residential house and muddy waters of a stream entered more than half a dozen homes.
The cloudburst occurred at Syori Phal Patti in Yamuna Valley in the evening, and sludge from a flooded stream rushed downwards, inflicting damage in low-lying areas, District Magistrate Prashant Arya said.
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The district administration, and the state and the national disaster response forces have launched a rescue operation in the affected area. The affected people are being taken to safer places, Mr. Arya said.
There has been no report of any loss of life so far, he added.
