An Unnatural Disaster: How Warming Helped Cause India’s Catastrophic Flood

Yale e360
By Yale Environment 360Jun 23, 2015, 8:40 am70 pts
The flood that swept through the Indian state of Uttarakhand two years ago killed thousands of people and was one of the worst disasters in the nation’s recent history. Now researchers are saying that melting glaciers and shifting storm tracks played a major role in the catastrophe and should be a warning…

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