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History of Cloudburst in Uttarakhand- उत्तराखंड में बादल फटने के घटनाओ के विवरण

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एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:

Dosto,

A cloudburst is an extreme amount of precipitation, sometimes with hail and thunder, which normally lasts no longer than a few minutes but is capable of creating flood conditions. Colloquially, the term cloudburst may be used to describe any sudden heavy, brief, and usually unforecast rainfall.

The recent cases of cloudburst in different part of Uttarakhand claimed more 140 people like and left many injured and homeless.

We are posting some year-wise information of Cloud burst cases in uttarakhand.

In July, 1970 —


In July, 1970 —

 Cloudburst in the upper catchment area led to a 15 metre rise in the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand. Entire river basin, from Hanumanchatti near the pilgrimage town of Badrinath to Haridwar was affected. An entire village was swept away.

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एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
On August 17, 1998 

 A massive landslide following heavy rain and a cloudburst at Malpa village killed 250 people including 60 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims in Kali valley of the Kumaon division, Uttarakhand. Among the dead was Odissi dancer Protima Bedi.

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
On July 6, 2004,

At least 17 people were killed and 28 injured when three vehicles were swept into the Alaknanda river by heavy landslides triggered by a cloudburst that left nearly 5,000 pilgrims stranded near Badrinath shrine area in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.[11]

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
On August 7, 2009,

38 people were killed in a landslide resulting from a cloudburst in Nachni area near Munsiyari in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.[14]

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
On September 15, 2010

Cloud burst in Almora in Uttrakhand has drowned away two villages one of them being Balta, leaving a few people alive and rest entire village dead and drowned. Almora has been declared as a town suffering from the brunt of cloudburst by authorities of Uttrakhand. Had there been a bit more swaying of clouds, town of Ranikhet must have drowned also.

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