In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Though some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India experienced the flood, some regions of Western Nepal, and some parts of Western Tibet also experienced heavy rainfall, over 95% of the casualties occurred in Uttarakhand. As of 16 July 2013, according to figures provided by the Uttarakhand government, more than 5,700 people were "presumed dead."[2] This total included 934 local residents.[3]
as of 16 July 2013.2 Several
environmentalists claimed that the roads’ haphazard
construction, new resorts and hotels built on fragile
river banks, and more than 70 hydroelectric projects
in the state’s watersheds together acted as a catalyst
of this disaster.3,4 Environmental experts reported
In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Though some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India experienced the flood, some regions of Western Nepal, and some parts of Western Tibet also experienced heavy rainfall, over 95% of the casualties occurred in Uttarakhand. As of 16 July 2013, according to figures provided by the Uttarakhand government, more than 5,700 people were "presumed dead."[2] This total included 934 local residents.[3]as of 16 July 2013.2 Severalenvironmentalists claimed that the roads’ haphazardconstruction, new resorts and hotels built on fragileriver banks, and more than 70 hydroelectric projectsin the state’s watersheds together acted as a catalystof this disaster.3,4 Environmental experts reported
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..
