Landslide hazards around Uttarkashi township, Garhwal Himalaya, after the tragic flash flood in June 2013

• Published in: Natural hazards (Dordrecht) Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 1689 - 1707
• Main Authors: Gupta, Vikram, Nautiyal, Hemlata, Kumar, Vipin, Jamir, Imlirenla, Tandon, Ruchika S.
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2016; Springer Nature B.V; Springer
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; Climatic conditions; Deposition; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth sciences & physical geography; Environmental Management; Flash floods; Floods; Fluvial sediments; Geological hazards; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Hazards; Himalaya; Himalayas; Hydrogeology; Landslides; Landslides & mudslides; Natural Hazards; Original Paper; Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences; Physique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre; Policies; River beds; Rivers; Sciences de la terre & géographie physique; Slope stability; Spatial distribution; Himalaya Mountains; India, Uttar Pradesh, Tehri Garhwal Dist., Bhagirathi R; India, Uttar Pradesh, Garhwal Region, Garhwal Himalaya; Garhwal Himalaya; Landslides; Bhagirathi Valley; Flash flood

Garhwal Himalaya has witnessed extreme climatic conditions in the form of incessant rainfall during June 15–17, 2013, generating numerous primary as well as secondary landslide hazards due to flooding event in the Bhagirathi River. This was probably the second highest flood after the 1978 flood in t...