The Himalayas demand a new ethic of building. It is not enough to construct ambitiously; we must construct wisely and durably. The future of mountain infrastructure rests on two simple but ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian rescuers have found the body of an army soldier and are searching for five other soldiers after an avalanche struck a Himalayan border post in the country’s north, police said ...

Two Dutch adventurers who survived a deadly ice avalanche that killed 11 other climbers on K2, the world's second highest mountain, were airlifted to a Pakistani hospital Monday, the team's spokesman ...

American Glen Plake, a survivor of a weekend avalanche at Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas arrives at the Tribhuwan domestic airport in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Rescuers have so far ...

A surge of flood water tore through a mountainous village in northern India Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead and dozens missing, officials said.

An avalanche occurred near Kedarnath's Chorabari glacier, causing no damage. The Rudraprayag district administration reported ...

(Reuters) -At least four people were killed and more than 50 were missing after flood waters swept through a village in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Tuesday. Here are similar disasters in ...

Four British climbers have been rescued from an avalanche-hit Himalayan mountain range, Indian authorities said Sunday, as a frantic search continued for eight other mountaineers still missing on its ...

Known as the world’s highest and most challenging battlefield, the Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range ...

The search for four South Korean trekkers and three Nepalis swept away by an avalanche in the Himalayas almost a week ago was suspended Thursday as conditions made further operations too risky. The ...