Early warning of the Gohna lake burst of 1894

In September 1893, a massive rockfall completely blocked the Birahi Ganga River valley, in the UP Himalayas, constructing a natural landslide dam that stood over 900 feet high. This created a large, deep body of water called Gohna Lake. Although a massive portion of the dam initially broke in 1894—destroying towns downstream like Srinagar—the lake was not entirely empty and remained a prominent feature for decades. During the severe Himalayan floods of 1924, the remaining landslide dam breached for a second time, unleashing another devastating wave down the Alaknanda valley. The lake continued to exist in a reduced capacity until 1970, when another catastrophic Alaknanda flood completely silted it up, leaving it entirely filled with debris and disappearing from the landscape