7 people have died due to cloudburst in Solan, Himachal Pradesh. So far 4 bodies have been retrieved, while the search for others is on. At the same time, 6 other people were rescued and saved. The cloudburst incident took place in Dhayawala village of Late Solan on Sunday. A cow shed was also washed away due to cloudburst. Holiday has been declared in schools and colleges after the incident. All the examinations to be held on August 14 have also been postponed. Let us know how and why cloudburst happens.
Heavy rain alert has also been issued in Uttarakhand. Earlier, on July 26, 2023, there was a late night cloudburst incident in Rampur area of Himachal Pradesh, in which a total of 6 houses including a primary government school collapsed. Although there was no loss of life. On the other hand, on July 17, there was only one death due to cloudburst in Kullu and many people were injured. In Uttarakhand too, there was a cloudburst incident on 22 July 2023, due to which the contact of about 200 villages was broken due to the break of the contact road.
How and why do clouds burst?
Cloudburst is the occurrence of excessive rain in a short time. In this, in a short time, there is so much and heavy rain in an area that it floods. Houses and trees get washed away in the flood. In this incident, it rains at a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour. Sometimes hail also falls and storms also come.
According to experts, when there is more humidity in the clouds and there is an obstacle in their condition, then the condensation becomes more. In the area where this incident happens, lakhs of liters of water falls on the earth simultaneously. Due to this flood occurs. Which is called the phenomenon of cloud burst.
There was devastation due to cloudburst
In Kedarnath of Uttarakhand in 2013, there was a huge devastation due to cloudburst, in which thousands of people died. On August 6, 2010, there were many incidents of cloudburst in Leh city of Ladakh, in which the old city was almost destroyed.
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