<p dir="ltr">‘HiFlo-DAT’ (Himalayan Flood Database) is a bi-lateral (India, UK) contribution to the international disaster risk reduction (DRR) agenda of developing methodologies for the assembly, analysis, and application of disaggregated/ sub-national scale disaster loss data; here for mountain floods in the Kullu and Manali Tehsils, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Encompassing 3561 km<sup>2</sup> or c. 0.67% of the Indian Himalayan Region.</p><p dir="ltr">The 'HiFlo-DAT' architecture is aligned to international best practice and local needs. It uses English-language documentary materials, principally newspapers and government reports (1835-2020), and after rigorous processing comprises 128 flood (F) events, at 59 locations, over 175 years (1846-2020).</p><p dir="ltr">For accessibility 'HiFlo-DAT' geospatial attributes are shared as a Google Earth © .kmz file. These waypoints detail flood (F) event numbers and the latitude-longitude position of each flood.</p>
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UGC-UKIERI (IND/CONT/G/20-21/A2 [G/17-18/19]), Bath Spa University, University of Delhi, University of Cumbria
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