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After concerns over reoccurring landslides in the state of Kerala, Justices A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and V. M. Syam Kumar of Kerala High Court asked the court's registrar general to register a suo moto case to consider steps that can be put in place to prevent and manage natural disasters that may arise in the state in the future. [327]
Floods are the most common natural disaster in India. The heavy southwest monsoon rains cause the Brahmaputra and other rivers to distend their banks, often flooding surrounding areas. Though they provide rice paddy farmers with a largely dependable source of natural irrigation and fertilisation, the floods can kill thousands and displace millions.
On 17 October 1960, the 1960 Lucknow flood was a natural disaster that occurred in the city of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India, in October 1960. It was caused by the overflow of the Gomti River, a tributary of the Ganges River, after heavy rainfall in the Himalayan region. The flood submerged almost half of the city under several ...
On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, an estimated 9.2-magnitude earthquake violently shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water towards communities around the Indian Ocean.
[9] [10] On 8 February 2021, The Times, London, reported that a flood was caused by a portion of glacier being torn away and causing a landslide. In satellite images, a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) scar is visible on the slopes of Nanda Ghunti , a 20,700 ft (6,300 m) peak on the southwestern rim of the Nanda Devi sanctuary , a wall of mountains surrounding ...
A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include avalanches , droughts , earthquakes , floods , heat waves , landslides , tropical cyclones , volcanic activity and wildfires . [ 1 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Event resulting in major damage, destruction or death For other uses, see Disaster (disambiguation). Ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, one of the worst disasters in the history of the United States A disaster is an event that causes serious harm to people, buildings ...
There was no warning of the heavy rain or the floods. The people, the state and the armed forces in the area, were caught unaware by the 2014 floods.None of the Federal or the State Government agencies responsible for monitoring natural disasters and providing early warning, such as [a] Floods -Central Water Commission [b] Landslide hazard – Geological Survey of India (GSI) [c] Avalanche ...