{"id":50076,"date":"2025-08-01T20:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=50076"},"modified":"2025-08-01T20:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:22:47","slug":"flash-floods-impact-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/01-08-2025\/flash-floods-impact-india","title":{"rendered":"Impact of Flash Floods in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Disaster Management, GS1\/ Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A new study by researchers at IIT Gandhinagar has warned that flash floods are becoming more frequent and severe across India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Are Flash Floods?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flash floods are sudden, intense floods that occur <strong>within six hours<\/strong> of a heavy rainfall event, usually in regions with steep slopes, poor drainage, or saturated\/dry soil.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlike riverine floods, they offer little warning, making them particularly deadly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"0c0c0c\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Impact-of-Flash-Floods-in-India.png\" alt=\"Impact-of-Flash-Floods-in-India\" class=\"has-transparency wp-image-50079\" style=\"--dominant-color: #0c0c0c; width:499px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Impact-of-Flash-Floods-in-India.png 792w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Impact-of-Flash-Floods-in-India-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Impact-of-Flash-Floods-in-India-768x710.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Impact of Flash Floods in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Human and Livelihood Impact:<\/strong> Flash floods lead to significant casualties due to their sudden onset.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 2023 flash floods in Himachal Pradesh claimed over <strong>400 lives<\/strong> and displaced thousands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Damage to Public Utilities: <\/strong>Flash floods damage power lines, drinking water systems, and mobile networks, making post-disaster recovery slower and more expensive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Land Degradation: <\/strong>Torrential runoff erodes topsoil, degrades fertility, and increases sedimentation in rivers and reservoirs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Urban Challenges: <\/strong>Cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru experience rapid runoff due to concretised surfaces and encroached stormwater drains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Initiatives taken by government<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Central Water Commission (CWC)<\/strong> is the nodal organisation entrusted with the task of flood forecasting &amp; early flood warnings in the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)<\/strong> in joint collaboration with the US National Weather Service, has developed a <strong>Flash Flood Guidance System (FFGS) <\/strong>for the South Asian region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Central Government has approved the <strong>National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Programme (NGRMP)<\/strong> in four Himalayan States viz. Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh with a total budget of <strong>Rs.150.00 crore.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Recommendations and Adaptation Strategies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Flash Flood Forecasting:<\/strong> Integrate terrain, drainage, soil data, and real-time weather.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Early Warning Systems:<\/strong> Develop region-specific models that consider soil moisture and topography.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Promote community-level alerts in vulnerable districts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Land-Use and Urban Planning:<\/strong> Ban construction in high-risk zones (e.g., floodplains, steep slopes). <strong>Build climate-resilient infrastructure <\/strong>in elevated roads, permeable pavements, and stormwater drains.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Disaster Preparedness:<\/strong> Update flood risk maps regularly and conduct mock drills in urban and rural areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Climate Adaptation in Policy:<\/strong> Integrate climate models into national and state disaster management frameworks. <strong>Promote nature-based solutions<\/strong> like wetland conservation, afforestation, and catchment restoration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-climate\/flash-floods-india-10156865\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">A new study by researchers at IIT Gandhinagar has warned that flash floods are becoming more frequent and severe across India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Are Flash Floods?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Flash floods are sudden, intense floods that occur within six hours of a heavy rainfall event, usually in regions with steep slopes, poor drainage, or saturated\/dry soil.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Unlike riverine floods, they offer little warning, making them particularly deadly.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/01-08-2025\/flash-floods-impact-india\" 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-50076","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\/50076","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=50076"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50163,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50076\/revisions\/50163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}