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The Kedarnath disaster: in search of scientific reasoning [1]

The unprecedented Uttarakhand floods of June 2013 generated a large volume of scientific literature. They offered clear technical explaination to the media reported sequence of events ofen in a historical perspective. Some ambiguities, however, remained in some of the works. For example. Dobhal et al. described that starting from 06:45 on 17 June 2013, the Chorabari lake catastrophically emptied within 5-10 min. (Correspondence)

Publication Date: 
25/08/2014
Sunando Bandyopadhyay [2], Nebendu Sekhar Kar [3]
Current Science [4]
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Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) [5], Floods [6], Rainfall Pattern [7], Rivers [8], Himalaya [9], Remote Sensing [10]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sunando-bandyopadhyay
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nebendu-sekhar-kar
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing