**the Uttarakhand trazedhee**

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/a-manmade-disaster-say-environmentalists/article4835746.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/nature-avenges-its-exploitation/article4834480.ece

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/India-among-nations-facing-extreme-risk-from-natural-disasters/Article1-548900.aspx

*Armymen rescue people in Uttarakhand

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/uttarakhand-army-begins-rescue-operations-in-joshimath/400081-3-243.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/5000-armymen-rescue-people-in-UP-Uttarakhand/articleshow/20694639.cms

jai jawaan!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disasters_in_India

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*Reasons for natural disasters

[http://www.stat.si/eng/vodic_oglej.asp?ID=511&PodrocjeID=27]

floods
(because of heavy rain or fast melting snow),
forest fires,
snow and land avalanches,
seismic activities,
volcano eruptions or
various meteorological reasons
such as storms (thunderstorms, blizzards) or
heavy colds (frosts, freezing rain).

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*disaster control, management, etc.

(edukative and awarness material)

***Though some stuff given here is in the context of
UK, Australia, or US,
it is certainly useful for us in several aspects.***

http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/m25dcp/

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http://www.em.gov.au/Publications/Australianemergencymanualseries/Pages/DisasterHealth.aspx

http://store.elsevier.com/Introduction-to-International-Disaster-Management/Damon-Coppola/isbn-9780123821744/

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http://www.indianevents.org/event_Mumbai_disaster-management-#co

http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no101662/strategies-sustainable-management-disaster-india-edited-by-bn-singh-raj-kumar-sarfaraz-alam-sk-vk-kumra

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The Science of Natural Disasters

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/natural_disasters

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*Rebuilding After a Natural Disaster

http://www.habitat.org/asiapacific/what_we_do/rebuilding_after_disasters.aspx

"Let us build safe and secure INDIA against natural calamities!"