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Floods of July–August 2015 are said to be worst flood in the plain areas of Manipur State during the last 200 years. The flood of 2015 affected entire Thoubal district and parts of Chandel district. According to the government reports, nearly 600 square kilometres of area with over 500,000 populations was affected in the Thoubal and Chandel districts.
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Zutshi, B. (2018). Manipur Flood 2015: Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies. In: Singh, A., Punia, M., Haran, N., Singh, T. (eds) Development and Disaster Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8485-0_4
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