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|name = 1987 Bihar flood
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|total damages = 67,881.00 (crop) and 680.86 (public property) [[Lakh]] [[Indian rupee|INR]]
|total fatalities = 1,399 human and 5302 animals
|areas affected = [[Bihar]]
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The '''1987 Bihar flood''', caused by high levels of annual flooding of the [[Kosi River]] (nicknamed "the sorrow of Bihar"<ref>{{cite web
| last = Om Prakash Yadav
| title = Bihar's flood of furry: End of Kosi civilisation?
| publisher = iGovernment
| date = 29 August 2008
| url = http://www.igovernment.in/site/Bihars-flood-of-furry-End-of-Kosi-civilisation/
| accessdate = 12 December 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>), was one of the worst floods in [[Bihar]], India, in a decade caused by a landslide that blocked the main route of Bhote Kosi River. This resulted from chunks of earth falling into the river; thus, building a dam approximately 1 km in length. An enormous lake formed behind the dam causing the tragic flood that held between 28 and 32 lakh cusecs of water.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sharma|first1=Avinash|title=Kosi has been Bihar's sorrow: State's history proves it|url=http://www.oneindia.com/feature/kosi-has-been-bihar-s-sorrow-state-s-history-proves-it-1495721.html|website=oneindia|accessdate=15 September 2015}}</ref> 1399 people and 5302 animals lost their lives and nearly 29 million people were affected in 30 [[districts of Bihar|districts]], 382 [[Block (administrative division)|blocks]], 6,112 [[Panchayati Raj|panchayat]], and 24,518 villages. Government figures list damage to crops at an estimated 68 billion [[Indian rupee]]s and damage to public property at 68 million rupees.<ref>{{cite web
| title = History of Floods and Damages
| work = Flood Management Information System
| publisher = Government of Bihar, Disaster Management Department
| url = http://disastermgmt.bih.nic.in/Statitics/Statistics.htm
| accessdate = 12 December 2008
| archive-date = 19 October 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081019015932/http://disastermgmt.bih.nic.in/Statitics/Statistics.htm
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
This particular flood is one of many floods that happen in Bihar, India. In fact, the state of Bihar has the most severe flooding as compared to other areas of the India.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sinha|first1=C. P.|title=Management of Flood in Bihar|journal=Economic & Political Weekly|date=Nov 15–21, 2008|volume=43|issue=46 |pages=40–42|jstor=40278179}}</ref> The Kosi River is to blame for this as it has a problematic history of flooding and changing its direction. Furthermore, this river is located at the northern part of the Bihar plains in eastern India and is an important tributary of the Ganga river system.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sinha |last2=Bapula |last3=Singh |last4=Rath |first1=R |first2=G.V. |first3=L.K. |first4=B |title=Flood Risk Analysis in the Kosi River Basin, North Bihar using Multi-Parametric Approach of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) |journal=Photonirvachak |date=December 2008 |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=335–349 |doi=10.1007/s12524-008-0034-y |bibcode=2008JISRS..36..335S |s2cid=55366823 |url=http://www.gripweb.org/gripweb/sites/default/files/Flood%20Risk%20Analysis%20in%20the%20Kosi%20River%20Basin,%20North%20Bihar.pdf |accessdate=5 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006100022/http://www.gripweb.org/gripweb/sites/default/files/Flood%20Risk%20Analysis%20in%20the%20Kosi%20River%20Basin,%20North%20Bihar.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Floods in Bihar]]

==References and footnotes==
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https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163023/http://www.igovernment.in/site/Bihars-flood-of-fury-End-of-Kosi-civilisation/
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