So far, 12 devotees, including three women, have been killed in a cloudburst near Baba Barfani cave in Amarnath. Not only this but 35-40 devotees are still stranded. Let me also tell you all that this incident happened at 5.30 pm on Friday. At the same time, when the cloudburst took place, there were 10 to 15 thousand devotees near the cave. However, at present, NDRF along with the army is engaged in the rescue operation. Now today we tell you what is cloudburst and why do such incidents take place only in hilly areas?
What is cloud burst?- If we consider meteorologists when a lot of water suddenly falls in one place, it is called a cloud burst. Yes and in simple language, if the pin is pricked in a balloon full of water, then all its water will fall at a speed in one place. Yes and in the same way, when the clouds drop a lot of water in one place, it is called the burst of the cloud.
Why do cloudbursts occur?- In fact, when the vapour rises from the sea, it has a lot of moisture. In such a situation, many times the clouds with high humidity stop in the high and hilly areas. At the same time, due to the height of the mountains, they are not able to move much further and due to this, there are cloud bursts in the high-altitude areas, which cause rain in the same place at the speed of 100 mm per hour. Apart from this, due to cloudbursts and heavy rain on the mountains, the water brings with it pieces of soil, mud and stones, flowing with it rapidly and in such a situation, everything that comes in front of it is finished.
Occasional cloudburst incidents in India:
26 November 1970 - Himachal Pradesh received 1.5 inches of rain in a minute due to a cloudburst and many people lost their lives.
August 6, 2010 - Leh in Jammu and Kashmir received 1.9 inches of rain within a minute due to a cloudburst, causing heavy destruction.
16 June 2013 - A cloudburst caused heavy rain in Kedarnath Dham. Here the glacier burst and followed by heavy rains and landslides, the rapidly moving debris on the slope destroyed everything in its path. In this, 6 thousand people were killed.
May 11, 2016 - Cloud bursts in Sunni near Shimla, causing havoc.
August 14, 2017 - Four people died due to a burst in Mangti Nala near Pithoragarh.
February 2021 - In February, due to the bursting of glaciers in Chamoli, the Dhauliganga river was flooded. 54 bodies were recovered here and hundreds of people went missing.
April 24, 2021 - Glacier Burst caused heavy destruction after a snowfall in Sumana of Niti Ghati in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
Amarnath deluge: 16 pilgrims died so far, over 40 missings
