AakritiAIR 93 · CSE 2025 · 134 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Cloudburst means more than 100mm of rainfall in a short span of time (30min to 1 hour) over a short region (30-60 km2) - IMD (Ministry of Earth science)
Body · points and prose
Cloudburst disasters (1) 2013 Kedarnath (2) 2021 Uttarakhand (3) 2025 Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh & Chamoli, Uttarakhand
Causes of cloudburst
(1) Air masses - moisture laden and cold
(2.) Topography → mountain valley traps the airmass (3.) Regional climate eg. more incidents of cloudburst in India in monsoons
Implications in mountain regions of India
Positive (1.) Rejuvination of river streams (2.) groundwater recharge.
Negative (1.) Infrastructure damage → cloud burst → flash floods. eg. houses destroyed in Kinnaur 2025. (2.) Loss of life & morbidity (3.) Disruption to businesses.
Close · a way forward
Disaster causing cloudburst must be made predictable through localized weather station & big data analysis in future.
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