{"id":46433,"date":"2025-06-27T21:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=46433"},"modified":"2025-06-27T21:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:12:28","slug":"himachal-flash-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-06-2025\/himachal-flash-floods","title":{"rendered":"Himachal Flash Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS3\/Disaster Management&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh over the past 24 hours triggered cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides, resulting in five deaths and one injury.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is a flash flood?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a sudden surge of water in a stream or low-lying urban area, typically developing within six hours of heavy rainfall.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is most often triggered by intense storms that release a large volume of rain over a short period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Drivers of flash flood<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flash floods are usually caused by <strong>intense rainfall <\/strong>from thunderstorms but can also result from <strong>dam or levee breaks and mudslides<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Factors like rainfall intensity, terrain, vegetation, soil type, and land use influence how quickly and where flash floods occur.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban areas are especially vulnerable due to impervious surfaces that prevent water absorption, leading to rapid runoff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Scenario In India<\/strong><br>&#8211; In India, flash floods are <strong>often triggered by cloudbursts<\/strong> and are common in Himalayan regions, where glacial lake overflows are increasing due to glacier melt.\u00a0<br>&#8211; These floods are frequently accompanied by landslides, especially in mountainous areas with steep slopes and unstable soil.<br>1. Flash floods have also been witnessed in cities like Chennai and Mumbai.\u00a0<br>2. Depression and cyclonic storms in the coastal areas of Orissa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and others also cause flash floods.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Impacts of flash flood<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flash floods develop suddenly, often catching people off-guard and posing serious risks to life and property.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They have wide-ranging health impacts, from immediate deaths and injuries to long-term physical and mental health issues.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most flood-related deaths result from drowning, followed by trauma, electrocution, and other causes.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health problems include infections, chemical exposure, respiratory issues, hypothermia, and disrupted healthcare services due to power outages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Floods increase the risk of water-borne diseases and vector-borne diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh over the past 24 hours triggered cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides, resulting in five deaths and one injury.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is a flash flood?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It is a sudden surge of water in a stream or low-lying urban area, typically developing within six hours of heavy rainfall.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It is most often triggered by intense storms that release a large volume of rain over a short period.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-06-2025\/himachal-flash-floods\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46433"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46445,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46433\/revisions\/46445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}