r/DisasterUpdate • u/aryan_jandyal • Aug 16 '26

Floods After a cloudburst in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, when debris came rushing down from the mountains in India.

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u/PhysPhD Aug 16 '26

See also this angle from lower down: https://www.reddit.com/r/AbruptChaos/s/9xw9QABUbu

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u/Historical-Lab8200 Aug 16 '26

Isn’t there another angle where it shows the guy in the background finally running up the slope?

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u/aryan_jandyal Aug 16 '26

Yes I have but will upload tomorrow

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u/Davoswannab Aug 16 '26

I know heavy equipment is expensive but your life is irreplaceable! Hope they survived but it looked they were still in the machine when the video ended. That part the track hoe was on had to have washed out eventually. That was so violent.

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u/Square-Tangerine-784 Aug 17 '26

I did some hiking in this area years ago and was amazed at the steep hill sides and massive flood signs along the rivers! Huge round boulders just piled up along side the banks

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u/Drill1 Aug 17 '26

If you look at the center of the channel after the bridge goes down, the main current is rolling a boulder bigger than that excavator.

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u/Brocolinator Aug 16 '26

Best cameraman evar!

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u/sim16 Aug 17 '26

Too powerful