{"id":46011,"date":"2026-07-31T12:12:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46011"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:52:03","slug":"cloudburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cloudburst\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudburst"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cloudburst Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) rejected reports that Assam and Nagaland had experienced cloudbursts over the preceding few days and that they were responsible for the Upper Assam floods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cloudburst<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cloudburst is an extreme weather phenomenon <\/span><b>characterized by an intense and sudden downpour of rain.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>can also occur in plains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the phenomenon is most common in hilly regions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><b>India Meteorological Department<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IMD), a cloudburst occurs when a small area, around 20-30 sq. km, receives 10 cm or more of rain in an hour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impact:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Short <\/span><b>spells of very heavy rainfall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over a small geographical area can cause widespread destruction.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>How does a Cloudburst Form?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It typically <\/span><b>begins with convection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when warm, moist air rises rapidly into the atmosphere.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In mountainous areas, this is <\/span><b>called orographic lifting,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where monsoon winds are forced upwards by steep slopes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the air rises, it <\/span><b>cools and condenses into towering <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cumulonimbus-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\">cumulonimbus clouds<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which can be up to 15 km tall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water droplets begin <\/span><b>to form inside these clouds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, as they get heavier, they would normally fall as rain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if the <\/span><b>currents of warm air moving upwards are very strong<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they can keep the raindrops suspended in the air for longer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, the weight of the water droplets becomes too great for gravity and the updrafts to hold, or the updrafts weaken, sending the water plummeting down like an ocean descending on the ground.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/when-is-heavy-rainfall-a-cloudburst-and-when-is-it-not-explained\/article71280448.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloudburst is an extreme weather phenomenon characterized by an intense and sudden downpour of rain. 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