2013 North India floods

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The 2013 North India floods were a devastating series of cloudburst-triggered flash floods and landslides, particularly in Uttarakhand, that caused massive loss of life, widespread destruction, and one of the largest rescue operations in India’s history.

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2013 Uttarakhand floods 2
2013 North India floods canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monsoon disaster ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
affectedAreaType Himalayan region ⓘ
hill districts ⓘ
pilgrimage towns ⓘ
affectedRiver Alaknanda River ⓘ
Bhagirathi River ⓘ
Ganges ⓘ
Mandakini River ⓘ
aircraftUsed helicopters ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
category 2013 disasters in India ⓘ
Floods in India ⓘ
Landslides in India ⓘ
Natural disasters in Uttarakhand ⓘ
cause cloudburst ⓘ
early and intense monsoon ⓘ
flash floods ⓘ
heavy monsoon rainfall ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
river flooding ⓘ
country India ⓘ
deathTollEstimate over 5,000 people ⓘ
deathTollOfficialUttarakhand around 5,700 people presumed dead ⓘ
displacedPeopleEstimate tens of thousands ⓘ
economicDamageCurrency INR ⓘ
economicDamageEstimate tens of billions of Indian rupees ⓘ
endTime 2013-06-17 ⓘ
evacuatedPeopleEstimate over 100,000 people ⓘ
followUpAction Supreme Court of India scrutiny of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand ⓘ
calls for stricter regulation of construction in ecologically sensitive zones ⓘ
recommendations for better disaster management in Himalayan states ⓘ
governmentResponse announcement of compensation for victims ⓘ
deployment of armed forces and disaster response teams ⓘ
launch of rehabilitation and reconstruction programs ⓘ
review of hydropower and development projects in Uttarakhand ⓘ
impact closure of Kedarnath shrine for months ⓘ
damage to hydropower projects ⓘ
disruption of road connectivity in Uttarakhand ⓘ
loss of livelihood for local communities dependent on tourism ⓘ
severe damage to Char Dham pilgrimage routes ⓘ
soil erosion and geomorphological changes ⓘ
location Delhi ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ
Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
North India ⓘ
linked to: northern India

Tibet ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
Uttarakhand ⓘ
Western Nepal ⓘ
linked to: western Nepal
mainlyAffectedRegion Uttarakhand ⓘ
month June 2013 ⓘ
notableAffectedPlace Badrinath ⓘ
Chamoli district ⓘ
Gangotri ⓘ
linked to: Gangotri Glacier

Hemkund Sahib ⓘ
Kedarnath ⓘ
linked to: Kedarnath town

Pithoragarh district ⓘ
linked to: Pithoragarh

Rudraprayag district ⓘ
Uttarkashi district ⓘ
Valley of Flowers National Park ⓘ
Yamunotri ⓘ
notableFeature extensive damage to pilgrimage infrastructure ⓘ
large number of stranded pilgrims and tourists ⓘ
large-scale damage to buildings and hotels along riverbanks ⓘ
massive destruction of roads and bridges ⓘ
one of the worst natural disasters in India since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ⓘ
triggered debate on climate change impacts on monsoon patterns ⓘ
triggered debate on unplanned development in fragile Himalayan zones ⓘ
operationName Operation Rahat ⓘ
peopleAffectedEstimate hundreds of thousands ⓘ
peopleMissingEstimate thousands ⓘ
relatedEvent 2013 Uttarakhand floods ⓘ
relatedTo Indian monsoon ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
rescueLedBy Border Roads Organisation ⓘ
Indian Air Force ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
Indo-Tibetan Border Police ⓘ
National Disaster Response Force ⓘ
state police forces ⓘ
rescueOperation one of the largest rescue operations in India’s history ⓘ
startTime 2013-06-14 ⓘ

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Operation Rahat → conflict → 2013 North India floods ⓘ
Mandakini River → floodedDuring → 2013 Uttarakhand floods ⓘ
linked to: 2013 North India floods
2013 North India floods → relatedEvent → 2013 Uttarakhand floods ⓘ
linked to: 2013 North India floods