India, Aug. 5 -- Pictures from before and after a cloudburst showed the scale of devastation in Dharali village near the holy spot of Gangotri in Uttarakhand.

The photos showed almost the entire village - dozens of buildings - either washed away or buried under debris as a local stream saw a sudden rise in water level after a cloudburst.

Senior officials were at the State Disaster Operations Centre in Dehradun to monitor the rescue and relief operations, ANI reported.

Several videos of the terrifying moments have emerged, including one that shows people running on a road before being consumed by a massive flash flood.

Dharali is a village of less than 1,000 of local population, but strategic for being one of the last stops on NH-34 th...