Last rites: Himalayan helicopter flies flood-hit villagers home to mourn


  • World
  • Friday, 12 Feb 2021

People load relief goods onto a helicopter for distribution in the affected areas, after a flash flood swept a mountain valley destroying dams and bridges, in Dhak village in Chamoli district, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

RAINI CHAK LATA, India (Reuters) - For three days, Sushma Rana waited at a makeshift dirt helipad in the Indian Himalayas to return to her village and look for her missing brother-in-law.

Yashpal Rana was herding goats when a flash flood swept down a remote valley on Sunday, smashing everything in its path including two hydroelectric power stations.

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