FIVE DISASTEROUS INSTANCES

(LAST 15 YEARS )
1.)Kashmir Floods disaster, 2014

Year: 2014
Affected Areas: Rajouri, Srinagar, Bandipur etc.
Number of deaths: 550 plus 
Cause: continuous torrential rainfall and swelling of Jhelum River
This flood caused a huge loss to the lives of the Kashmir region in
September 2014. The water of the Jhelum river swelled due to continuous
torrential rainfall. 

That is why water entered into the residential areas of the Kashmir region.
Indian army helped a lot to the stranded residents of this region. Around
550 people lost their lives and damage of properties was estimated between
Rs. 5000 cr and 6000 cr .
2. Uttarakhand Flash Floods, 2013
Year: 2013 
Affected Areas: It affected 12 out of 13 districts of the state. Four districts
were worst affected namely; Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh, and
Chamoli. 
Number of deaths: 5,700 plus
Cause: Heavy rainfall, massive Landslides
Uttarakhand Flash Flood is among the most disastrous floods in the history
of India. Uttarakhand received heavy rainfall, massive Landslides in June
2013. 

The flash floods and landslides continued from 14 to 17 June. Around 1 lac
pilgrims were trapped in the Kedarnath shrine. 
3.NEPAL EARTHQUAKE (2015)

Year : 2015

Affected Areas: (Gorkha, Dhading, Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Kathmandu, Lalitpur,

Bhaktapur, Kavrepalanchowk, Sindhupalchowk, Dolakha, Sindhuli, Makawanpur,
Ramechhap and Okhaldhunga .

Number of deaths: nearly 9,000

Cause: According to the USGS, the earthquake was caused by a sudden thrust, or
release of built-up stress, along the major fault line where the Indian Plate, carrying
India, is slowly diving underneath the Eurasian Plate , carrying much of Europe and
Asia. Kathmandu, situated on a block of crust approximately 120 km (74 miles) wide
and 60 km (37 miles) long, rapidly shifted 3 m (10 ft) to the south in a matter of just 30
seconds .
4. Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010)

Year : 2010

Affected Areas: Gulf of Mexico

Number of deaths : nearly eleven rig workers lost their lives. So did untold
millions of marine mammals, sea turtles, birds, and fish. 

Cause: On April 20, 2010, an explosion at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig released
over 130 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the biggest oil spill
ever in U.S. waters and remains one of the worst environmental disasters in world
history.
5. Haiti Earthquake (2010 )

Year : 2010

Affected Areas : The shocks were felt throughout Haiti and the Dominican

Republic as well as in parts of nearby Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. 

Number of deaths : An estimated 250,000 people died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

At least another 300,000 people were injured .

Cause: There was slippage along a conservative plate boundary that runs
through Haiti. On 12 January 2010, a magnitude 7 earthquake hit Haiti at 16:53 local
time. The earthquake's epicentre was 25 km west of Port-au-Prince, the capital. Most
people, businesses and services were located in the capital.