Cloudburst are events in which highrainfall occurs over a very small area in short period of time. There is no much information is available although such events have already been taken place at Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. For instance many people are killed in cloudburst. Such kind of event is rare in jammu kashmir and hence Leh incident was unexpected.
India Meteorological Department data says it rained between 1.30 am and 2 am in Leh on August 6. A weather station near Leh recorded only 12.8 mm of rainfall in 24 hours. These events are extremely localized in an area probably less than 30 square kilometres. In August, the normal rainfall in Leh is 15.4 mm and the highest recorded in this season was 51 mm. But this time, the rainfall was probably much higher than that.
Global warming that is having serious impact on our lives. We have to act immediately so that the current situation doesnt get worsen.
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India Meteorological Department data says it rained between 1.30 am and 2 am in Leh on August 6. A weather station near Leh recorded only 12.8 mm of rainfall in 24 hours. These events are extremely localized in an area probably less than 30 square kilometres. In August, the normal rainfall in Leh is 15.4 mm and the highest recorded in this season was 51 mm. But this time, the rainfall was probably much higher than that.
Global warming that is having serious impact on our lives. We have to act immediately so that the current situation doesnt get worsen.
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