House collapses after flash flood hits Chamoli in Uttarakhand

A video showing a house in Vikas Khand Ghat in Chamoli district's Lankhi village in Uttarakhand as a flash flood hits, caused due to incessant rains in the area has surfaced online.

In the video posted by a news agency, the entire house slowly plummets into a rivulet gushing at a very high speed, leaving behind huge chunks of dust in the air.

Life in Uttarakhand has been thrown out of gear as parts of the state is witnessing torrential downpour as monsoon is unleashing its fury. Several massive landslides, washing away of houses, cowsheds and bridges and destruction of property and crops have been triggered amid unrelenting rains.

On Sunday, Thal-Munsiyari Road near Banik in Pithoragarh district was closed after boulders and debris blocked the road. In a separate incident, a huge boulder fell on the road and blocked the portion of the national highway- 125 between Dharchula and Tawaghat in the state.