Himalayan plunder: Experts fear frequent landslides, floods, cloudbursts in J&K following Joshimath crisis 

Unchecked construction, destruction of karewas and illegal riverbed mining pose threats to the region's ecology

Hudhud, Kashmir flooding 2014’s costliest catastrophes, says report

While Hudhud caused $11 billion worth of damages, the flooding in the Indian and Pakistani portions of Kashmir was worth $18 billion