KCR claims cloudburst conspiracy, Oppn make merry in rebuttal
2 years, 5 months ago

KCR claims cloudburst conspiracy, Oppn make merry in rebuttal

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday claimed to have "clues" on a conspiracy to engineer a cloudburst over the Godavari basin, flooding of which marooned several areas located along its course in the state, while speaking at a review meeting in Bhadrachalam on Sunday. BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay termed the comments “joke of the century”, while TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy said the CM must share clues with central agencies like RAW, and called the CM ‘James Bond 006’. “Chief Minister KCR commenting that there is a foreign conspiracy behind the heavy rains is ridiculous. Mahesh Palawat, the vice president of Skymet Weather Services, a private firm that provides weather forecasting services, said, “As a weather expert, I do not know if such technology exists.

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Watch | What is a cloudburst and can it be predicted?
2 years, 3 months ago

Watch | What is a cloudburst and can it be predicted?

The Hindu  

Cloudbursts have a disastrous impact on life and property. Tall, cumulonimbus clouds causing cloudbursts can occur very quickly, in about 30 minutes. In India, cloudbursts often occur during the monsoon season. This is because the resolution of the precipitation radars is much smaller than the area of individual cloudburst events. Similarly, monitoring stations on the ground can hardly capture the …

Why cloudburst forecast in India still remains elusive
2 years, 3 months ago

Why cloudburst forecast in India still remains elusive

The Hindu  

Cloudbursts — violent and voluminous amounts of rain pouring down in a short duration over a small area — have been reported since the mid-19th century. Cloudburst events are often associated with cumulonimbus clouds that cause thunderstorms and occasionally due to monsoon wind surges and other weather phenomena. In India, cloudbursts often occur during the monsoon season, when the southwesterly …

KCR alleges foreign hand in Godavari floods, peddles conspiracy theories around 'cloudburst'
2 years, 5 months ago

KCR alleges foreign hand in Godavari floods, peddles conspiracy theories around 'cloudburst'

Op India  

On Sunday, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao claimed that ‘foreign entities’ had triggered floods in the Godavari region of the State, with the aim to ‘destabilise India’. While addressing a group of people, whose lives were turned upside down by the natural disaster, KCR alleged the role of cloudburst in triggering the floods. While reacting to the development, Telangana …

Foreign countries deliberately doing cloudbursts, need to safeguard our people: Telangana CM KCR after flood review
2 years, 5 months ago

Foreign countries deliberately doing cloudbursts, need to safeguard our people: Telangana CM KCR after flood review

Firstpost  

Reacting to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s comments on the cloudbursts, Telangana BJP president and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar described it as the ‘joke of the century’ Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday cited he has “gloomy” information that there may be a suspected “foreign hand” behind the cloudbursts in some parts of the country, including …

EXPLAINED: After Flash Flood In Himachal, All You Need To Know About Cloudbursts
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINED: After Flash Flood In Himachal, All You Need To Know About Cloudbursts

News 18  

Terrifying visuals of rainwaters gushing through Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala on Monday brought home the devastating potential of flash floods in the hills and provided a reminder of the grim Uttarakhand tragedy of 2013 in which thousands of lives were lost after a cloudburst led to floods. Cloudbursts are linked commonly to thunderstorms and are said to occur when moisture-laden wind …

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