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Unnatural Disaster: How Warming Helped Cause India Catastrophic Flood
2015-06-23 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Two years ago this month, a flood devastated the Himalayan village of Kedarnath, India, the destination of half a million Hindu pilgrims annually. The town sits 11,500 feet up in a tight valley. Sharp, snowy peaks tower on three sides and a stone temple sits at one end. The flood which occurred on June 17, 2013 was Indias worst disaster in a decade. Several thousand people drowned. The deluge tore apart dozens of bridges, swept away miles of paved roads, and carried off herds of livestock. ...
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