In Dharali village of Uttarkashi, a cloudburst at 1.45 pm on Tuesday afternoon has caused heavy havoc. Beautiful Uttarakhand, which is known for its natural beauty, where there is a crowd of roams, today there is a scene of destruction. Dharali village of Uttarkashi is pressed into the rubble and the rescue operation is going on there. Many people have died due to cloudburst here and many houses and hotels have been destroyed. Let us know how clouds burst and where do they bring so much water from.

What is a cloud burst?

The activity of heavy rain is called cloud bursting. But all the incidents of heavy rains are not called cloud bursting. There is a different definition of cloudburst. About 10 km x 10 km area is 10 cm in one hour. Or more rainfall is seen as a cloudburst. According to this definition, 5 cm in half an hour time in the same area. The rain can be called cloud bursting.

During the cloudburst, the annual rainfall becomes about 10% at some place. On an average, about 116 cm in a year at any place in India. It may be expected to rain.

How do clouds burst?

There are often incidents of cloudburst in the mountains. When the hot air rises from the ground towards the clouds and takes the drops of rain up. Due to this, the rain is not possible properly and moisture in the clouds accumulate in large quantities. At the same time, when the air going up becomes weak, then all the water stored in the cloud falls rapidly. This incident is called clouds. Going over the wind provides strength to drop the water down.

Where do the clouds bring so much water?

The cloud is a group of small drops of water or a group of ice crystals. When the water evaporates from the heat of the sun goes into the air, then it starts to cool upwards. When cooled, steam turns into small drops of water. These drops when all four gathering of dust particles and takes the form of clouds. In small clouds, there may be water from some grams to a large cloud to millions of tons.

Where a medium -sized cloud can contain water from a few tons to a few hundred tons. At the same time, there can be water from thousands of tons to millions of tonnes in a big cloud. Apart from this, there can be more than two billion pounds in a heavy thunder cloud. The clouds weigh a lot, but still it keeps floating in the sky.

Also read: What is the history of Dharali village where the destruction came, how many Hindus and how many Muslims live here?