India, Aug. 29 -- At least five people were killed and 11 went missing after cloudbursts, flash floods, and mudslides hit Uttarakhand's Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, and Bageshwar districts on Friday. Debris swept houses, inundated agricultural fields, and buried livestock.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), police, and revenue department teams were dispatched to the affected areas for rescue and relief operations.

Suspected cloudbursts have triggered flash floods and mudslides across north India this monsoon, burying villages, destroying bridges, and roads. Flash floods hit Dharali village of Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on August 5. Just one person has been confirmed dead so far, and seve...