The devastating flood episode (16–17 June 2013) at Kedarnath (Uttrakhand, India), caused a huge loss of lives and loss of physical/material wealth. To understand this catastrophic event, rainfall/convective data and associated climate meteorological parameters are investigated. A low-pressure zone with very high cloud cover (60–90 %) and relative humidity (70–100 %), associated with low (< 4 m s−1) wind velocity, are observed over the Kedarnath region during 15–17 June. The cause of this disaster seems to be heavy and continuous rainfall, associated with snowmelt and the overflooding/collapse of Chorabari Lake, located upstream. Monsoon advancement was much faster than usual, due to the presence of the convectively active phase of the Madden–Julian oscillation.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/climatic-meteorological-and-topographical-causes-16%E2%80%9317-june-2013-kedarnath-india
[2] http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/1597/2015/nhess-15-1597-2015.html
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/zongwei-ma
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/xuefei-hu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/andrew-m-sayer-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-health-perspectives
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsoons
