about cloudburst in india

1. CLOUDBURST
SUBMITTED TO :- DR. NIRMAL JEPH
ASST. PROFESSOR OF VETERINARY
MEDICINE PGIVER
Submitted By:- Department of
Veterinary Pathology PGIVER

2. CLOUDBURST
• A cloudburst is an extreme amount
of precipitation in a short period of time.
• sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder,
which is capable of creating flood conditions.

4. • Rainfall rate equal to or greater than 100 millimetres
(3.9 in) per hour is a cloudburst
• According to the Swedish weather service
defines the corresponding Swedish term
"skyfall" as 1 mm/min for short bursts and
50 mm/h for longer rainfalls
• The results of cloudbursts can be disastrous

5. RESPONSIBLE FACTOR FOR CLOUDBRUST
• Cloudbursts are infrequent as they occur via orographic
lift
Orographic Lift:-
when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher
elevation as it moves over rising terrain. As the air mass
gains altitude it quickly cools down adiabatically, and
create clouds and, under the right conditions, precipitation

6. 2. when a warm air parcel mixes with cooler air,
resulting in sudden condensation.
3 At times, a large amount of runoff from higher
elevations is mistakenly conflated with a
cloudburst.

7. RECORD CLOUDBURSTS
DURATION RAIN FALL LOCATION DATE
20 hours 91.69 inches (2,329 mm)
Ganges
Delta, Bangladesh/India
January 8, 1966
10 hours 57.00 inches (1,448 mm)
Mumbai, Maharashtra,
India
July 26, 2005
1 hour 9.84 inches (250 mm)
Leh, Jammu and
Kashmir, India
August 5, 2010
1 hour 5.67 inches (144 mm) Pune, Maharashtra, India September 29, 2010
1.5 hours 7.15 inches (182 mm) Pune, Maharashtra, India October 4, 2010
24 hours 54.00 inches (1,372 mm)
Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand,
India
July 1, 2016

8. • On June 15, 2013, a cloudburst was reported
in Kedarnath , Uttarakhand. Over 5,000 killed and
84,000 were supposed to be missing as of June 30,
2013.
• The Indian Army and its Northern Command launched
one of the largest and most extensive human rescue
missions in its history. Spread over 40,000 square
kilometres, 45 helicopters were deployed to rescue the
stranded.

9. CLOUDBURST ON MANALI-LEH

10. BEFORE AND AFTER KEDARNATH VIEW

11. MEASURES THAT MUST BE TAKEN TO PREVENT
OUTCOME OF CLOUDBURST
• Introduce better heavy rainfall warning systems.
• Construct buildings above flood levels.
• Tackle climate change.
• Increase spending on flood defences

12. CONT…
• Protect wetlands and introduce plant trees
strategically.
• Restore rivers to their natural courses.
• Introduce water storage areas.
• Improve soil conditions.

13. WHAT VETERINARIANS CAN DO:-
1. The search and rescue operations.
2. Maintenance of medical supply.
3. Information dissemination.
4. Disaster assessment.
5. Pre-disaster planning.
6. Controll of zoonotic diseases.