India, Aug. 7 -- As rescue and relief operations entered the third day on Thursday after the devastating cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, around 190 people, including 11 army personnel, have been rescued from the worst-hit Dharali area, according to officials.

More than 50 people are still missing, while two bodies were recovered on Wednesday taking the reported death toll up to 5. However, the official number of causalities from the disaster remained unclear.

Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the affected Dharali village on Wednesday, where flash floods and landslides triggered by extreme weather destroyed homes, cut off access routes, and swept away residents.

"The entire state government stands firmly with the people...