{"id":1605,"date":"2026-08-12T09:48:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:48:44","slug":"cloudburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/cloudburst\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudburst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Cloudburst<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The<strong> India Meteorological Department (IMD)<\/strong> defines <strong>cloudburst<\/strong> as an<strong> extreme localized rainfall event<\/strong> in which<strong> 100mm or more rainfall<\/strong> occurs within <strong>one hour <\/strong>over an area of<strong> 20-30 sq.km.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A complex phenomenon, they are often associated with <strong>cumulonimbus clouds<\/strong> that can grow up to 15 km \u2014 and occasionally even 21km \u2014 through the <strong>troposphere<\/strong> (the first layer of the Earth\u2019s atmosphere) and hold <strong>huge amounts of water.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They occur in<strong> mountainous regions<\/strong>, especially during the <strong>monsoon season<\/strong>, when there is a lot of moisture in the air.\u00a0\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Areas located close to <strong>snow-fed rivers and glaciers face heightened hazard potential, <\/strong>as sudden meltwater surges can combine with intense rainfall to worsen flooding.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite advances in weather science, <strong>cloudbursts remain difficult to forecast<\/strong> due to their highly localized nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloudburst 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