Himalayan flash floods: climate change worsens them, but poor planning makes them deadly

By Manudeo Singh, Newton International Fellow at the Department of Geography and Earth Science, Aberystwyth University

On August 5, a cloudburst near the Kheer Ganga river triggered a flash flood that tore through Dharali, a village in the Indian Himalayas. Within minutes, the river swelled with water, mud and debris, sweeping away homes, roads and lives.

Every monsoon season, the Himalayas see similar tragedies – flash floods caused by cloudbursts or glacial lake outbursts. The first explanation we often hear is climate change. Extreme rainfall…

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