Cloudbursts

Cloudbursts — sudden, violent downpours that release torrents of rain in a matter of minutes — are devastating mountain regions of India and Pakistan, killing hundreds and leaving villages in ruins. In Pakistan’s northwestern Buner…
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Intensive search and rescue operations are underway in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district to locate 30 people missing after a series of cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides devastated the Thunag, Gohar, and Karsog subdivisions last…
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This monsoon, Himachal Pradesh has seen an unusual number of rain-triggered flash floods and incidents of cloudbursts, prompting environmental experts to raise climate change concerns. Since the onset of monsoon on June 29, the hill state…
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