Floods in India explained

This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in India. Floods are the most common natural disaster in India. The heaviest southwest, the Brahmaputra, and other rivers to distend their banks, often flooding surrounding areas.

In the 20th century

In the 21st century

Heavy rain due to a burst of a cloud caused severe floods and landslides on the North Indian states, mainly Uttarakhand and nearby states. More than 5,700 people were presumed dead.[9]

Climate change

Climate change is said to have in part caused (but may also be a natural evolution of earth's cycle) large-scale floods across central India, including the Mumbai floods of 2006 and 2017. During 1901–2015, there has been a three-fold rise in widespread extreme rainfall events across central and northern India – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam and parts of Western Ghats – Goa, north Karnataka and South Kerala.[25] The rising number of extreme rain events are attributed to an increase in the fluctuations of the monsoon westerly winds, due to increased warming in the Arabian Sea. This results in occasional surges of moisture transport from the Arabian Sea to the subcontinent, resulting in heavy rains lasting for 2–3 days, and spread over a region large enough to cause floods.[26]

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Notes and References

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  2. News: Memories of Madras: Story of a submerged city. The Hindu. 22 November 2011. Prince. Frederick. 28 May 2015.
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  5. Book: World Bank. Environment Dept. Environmental assessment sourcebook. 10 January 2012. World Bank Publications. 978-0-8213-1845-4. 86. 1991.
  6. News: The Loudest Crash Of '79. Outlook India. 27 August 2012. 28 May 2015. S.B. Easwaran. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141224085844/http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?281980. 24 December 2014.
  7. News: Indian monsoon floods leave a million homeless. The Guardian. 28 August 2008. 30 September 2008.
  8. News: Mayawati alarmed by flood situation. Hindustan Times. 27 August 2008. 20 November 2008.
  9. News: India raises flood death toll reaches 5,700 as all missing persons now presumed dead.. July 16, 2013. CBS News. 2018-08-26.
  10. Web site: Sonawane. Vishakha. Heavy Rains in India: 70 Dead in Gujarat, Flood Alert in Jammu And Kashmir. International Business Times. 26 June 2015. 26 June 2015.
  11. Web site: 5 Lions Found Dead in Gujarat After Heavy Rain Leads to Flooding. NDTV. 26 June 2015. 26 June 2015.
  12. Web site: Gujarat floods: 72 people dead, over 81,000 cattle perished due to heavy rains. Firstpost. 5 August 2015. 23 August 2015.
  13. Role of Eastern Ghats Orography and Cold Pool in an Extreme Rainfall Event over Chennai on 1 December 2015. Monthly Weather Review. 146. 4. 943–965. Jayesh Phadtare. 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0473.1. 2018. 2018MWRv..146..943P. free.
  14. Web site: Flooding in India affects 1.6m people and submerges national park. 2 August 2016. 27 July 2016. Doshi, Vidhi. The Guardian.
  15. News: PM rushes to Gujarat, announces relief package of Rs 500 crore. The Times of India. 2017-07-26.
  16. Web site: Reuters and Esha Mitra. Floods and landslides kill 10 in northeast India after heavy rain. 2022-06-03. CNN. 19 May 2022.
  17. Web site: Mehrotra. Vani. 2022-10-12. UP: Six killed in rain-related incidents; over 1300 villages affected by floods. 2022-11-27. indiatvnews.com.
  18. News: 2023-07-10. India floods: monsoon rains leave 22 dead in north as Delhi sees wettest July day in decades. The Guardian. 2023-07-13. 0261-3077.
  19. News: Patel. Shivam. 2023-08-14. Over 50 killed in Indian Himalayas as rain triggers landslides. Reuters. 2023-08-15.
  20. News: Chennai Flooded, 2015 All Over Again! Cyclonic Storm Michaung to blame or infrastructure. Times Now. 4 December 2023.
  21. News: T.N. floods – Intense relief and rescue operations underway in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi districts. The Hindu. 20 December 2023.
  22. News: Wayanad landslides updates: Highlights from July 30, 2024. The Hindu. 31 July 2024.
  23. Web site: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana rain LIVE updates: Telangana government releases ₹5 cr each to flood affected districts. The Hindu.
  24. Web site: Andhra, Telangana rain fury: 19 dead, schools shut, 140 trains cancelled. India Today.
  25. Roxy. M. K.. Ghosh. Subimal. Pathak. Amey. Athulya. R.. Mujumdar. Milind. Murtugudde. Raghu. Terray. Pascal. Rajeevan. M.. 2017-10-03. A threefold rise in widespread extreme rain events over central India. Nature Communications. 8. 1. 708. 10.1038/s41467-017-00744-9. 28974680. 5626780. 2017NatCo...8..708R. 2041-1723.
  26. Simpkins. Graham. Hydroclimate: Extreme rain in India. Nature Climate Change. 7. 11. 760. 10.1038/nclimate3429. 2017. 2017NatCC...7..760S. free.