Short Communication:
Causes of the
triggering of Chamoli glacier burst of 7th February 2021 in Uttarakhand, India
Biswakarma Prakash, Kumar Kush, Joshi Varun and Goyal Deepesh
Disaster Advances; Vol. 14(7); 60-67;
doi: https://doi.org/10.25303/147da6021; (2021)
Abstract
The Himalaya, the youngest and the tallest folded mountain range of the world, is
frequently affected by natural disasters.18 In the form of flash floods, cloudbursts
or glacial lake outburst floods, the entire Himalayan region is highly vulnerable
to natural hazards.
In this context, the State of Uttarakhand of the Indian Himalayan Region has been
the most vulnerable one among all the natural disaster-affected states in India.
