The recent Kosi megaflood, caused by a breach in the Kosi embankment in Nepal on August 18, 2008 and a sudden change in the course of the Kosi River, was one of the most significant and damaging flood events ever to hit Bihar. The Kosi disaster also ranks as one of the greatest disasters in India.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/himalayan-catastrophe-engulfed-north-bihar
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vishwas-s-kale
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-geological-society-india
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arun-kosi
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kosi
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sun-kosi
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamur-kosi
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sedimentation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydrology
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
