2008 Bihar flood
The 2008 Bihar flood was one of the most disastrous floods in the history of Bihar, an impoverished and densely populated state in India. The Koshi embankment near the Indo-Nepal border (at Kusaha VDC, Sunsari district, Nepal) broke on 18 August 2008. The river changed course and flooded areas which had not been flooded in many decades. The flood affected over 2.3 million people in the northern part of Bihar.
Flooded farmlands in northern Bihar during the 2008 flood | |
| Date | 18 August 2008 |
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| Location | northern Bihar, India, and Nepal |
| Deaths | 434 (Dead bodies were found until 27 November 2008) |
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