Acrow Bridge Provides Pilgrims Safe Passage in Flood-Ravaged Area in the Himalaya A major cloudburst in 2013 and a second flood in 2015 created an impasse to remote temple In June 2013, a multi-day rainstorm centered on the north Indian State of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides. Government figures cited more than 5,700 people dead or missing, with more than 100,000 airlifted to safety. The floods caused extensive property damage, including the destruction of an existing bridge at Sonprayag, an extremely important part of the route taken each year by hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims from all over the world on the trek to the Kedarnath Temple, 3,500 meters above sea level. Because the damage to the structure occurred during the middle of the pilgrimage s

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