These reports by the Canacona Flash Floods Study Committee constituted by the Government of Goa deal with the damage caused by the Canacona flash floods of October 2, 2009. The report is based on a study carried out with the help of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and attempts to (1) assemble and analyse available information to describe and identify causes behind the flash floods, and (2) suggest measures to be adopted in Goa to minimise damage arising from similar episodes in future.
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