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July 26, 2013
Glacier Contribution Kedarnath Flood in June 2013
On June 16 and 17th 2013 catastrophic flooding occurred in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India due to excessive monsoon rains and the failure of a glacier moraine dammed lake. A detailed description of what led to the combined flows of the Mandakini and Saraswati River overwhelming Kedernath is provided by Dobhal et al (2013) in the most recent Current Science. issue. Here that analysis is supplemented with Landsat imagery from before and …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.