Pakistan, Cloudburst and Flash Floods
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Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area.
DC Swabi says there are rumours that 10 to 15 people have died, but no confirmed information has been received
Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, triggering flash flooding and wiping out entire villages. | ITV National News
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What is a cloudburst and why are they so dangerous?
Deadly flash floods and landslides in Pakistan’s northwest have claimed over 300 lives after days of relentless monsoon rains. Homes, roads, and bridges were swept away in a matter of hours, with officials blaming a rare weather event known as a cloudburst.
In Muzaffarabad, a massive landslide in Sarli Sacha village hit a home, leaving six members of a family buried and feared dead. Torrential rains claimed the lives of two more women in AJK’s Bagh and Sudhnoti districts.
Deadly cloudbursts are wreaking havoc across mountainous regions of India and Pakistan, with intense, sudden deluges proving fatal in both nations. These extreme weather events involve tremendous rainfall over concentrated areas in short periods.
Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who hails from one of the flood-hit regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, voiced sorrow over the cloudburst-driven disaster in northern Pakistan that has