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After a 2008 avulsion on the Kosi River, floodwaters overran the Indian state of Bihar, displacing millions of people. Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Why do rivers leap from their banks? Scientists strive to predict deadly flooding events
May. 13, 2021 , 2:00 PM
Rumors that the Kosi River was about to burst were spreading fast in Kusaha, a Nepalese village on the border with India. The river s levees, towering over the village, were being eroded quickly by the cresting waters. At 2 p.m. on 18 August 2008, the east bank ruptured. People ran for their lives as the breach grew. Soon, the entire river, one of the largest tributaries of the Ganges River, had overrun Kusaha and was spilling into India, drowning farm after farm in search of a faster path to the sea.
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Live Leeds Covid-19 updates as Matt Hancock statement outlining travel restrictions expected
Matt Hancock expected to address the new variant that has spread from India
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is scheduled to speak in the House of Commons at 3.30pm
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is expected to make a statement in the House of Commons addressing travel restrictions in the UK.
Scientists have encouraged the government to impose a travel ban to India amid growing concerns over the country s new variant and Boris Johnson has this morning cancelled a trip to the country due to the concerns.
After 77 cases of the mutant strain were detected in the UK recently, there are fears of an outbreak despite the fact that England s infection rates are currently at the lowest levels since autumn.
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