Uttarakhand Floods June 2013 revisited Climate Crisis Photo blog 2

The pictures below are from Search and Rescue and Recovery after the Kedarnath Flash Floods of June 2013. Pictures are courtesy of National Disaster Response Force of the Government of India. I have intentionally not captioned the photo blog, as there are lessons to be learnt from every picture for the discerning viewer. If you will please go through each of these pictures and make notes of the thoughts that occur to you and add these thoughts as comments at the end of this photo blog it will richly contribute to Disaster Mitigation discourse so necessary in today's age of Climate change. 

I plead with you to please add your comments on the blog at the bottom of this page. 

Curated by Malini Shankar

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  1. Manuela LJanuary 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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  2. Manuela LJanuary 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM

    It is really impressive the magnitude and scale of proportion that a natural disaster can bring, but also it is hopeful to witness the community gathering together to offer solace and support in such difficult situations as those represented in the pictures. Definitely it makes you reflect on the necessity to strengthen the ties between the people, and also to start taking action in the situations that unleash these kinds of natural disasters, which are a by-product of the climate change crisis the destruction that is also a consequence of the imbalance between humankind and nature.

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  3. Capturing CurrentsJanuary 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM

    Well put indeed!

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