Brief Communication: Climatic, meteorological and topographical causes of the 16–17 June 2013 Kedarnath (India) natural disaster event

Singh, R.; Siingh, D.; Gokani, S. A.; Sreeush, M. G.; Buchunde, P. S.; Maurya, A. K.; Singh, R. P.; Singh, A. K.

doi:10.5194/nhess-15-1597-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1597-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1597-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

Brief communication

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23 Jul 2015

Brief communication |

| 23 Jul 2015

Brief Communication: Climatic, meteorological and topographical causes of the 16–17 June 2013 Kedarnath (India) natural disaster event

R. Singh, D. Siingh, S. A. Gokani, M. G. Sreeush, P. S. Buchunde, A. K. Maurya, R. P. Singh, and A. K. Singh

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Short summary

The paper addresses the devastating flood episode (17-18 June 2013) at Kedarnath (Uttrakhand, India). The disaster caused a huge loss of lives and loss of physical/material wealth. To understand the causes of this catastrophic event, rainfall/convective data and associated climate meteorological parameters are investigated. The cause of this disaster seems to be heavy and continuous rainfall, associated with snowmelt and the overflooding/collapse of Chorabari Lake, located upstream.