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Friday, August 6, 2010

MASSIVE CLOUDBURST STRIKES LEH

A massive cloud burst hit the city of Leh and Choglumser which is 13km around Leh triggering flash floods in LEH causing landslides
TWO CLOUDBURSTS HAPPENED ON THURSDAY MIDNIGHT IN LEH WHICH
TRIGGERED SEVERE RAINFALL OF SHORT TIME ALSO DEFINED AS CLOUDBURST
AS A RESULT OF THAT RAINFALL, THERE ARE LANDSLIDES ON KARGIL-LEH
ROUTE, MANALI LEH ROUTE IS SUBMERGED UNDER WATER NEAR LEH
** LEH CITY AIRPORT HAS BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL DUE TO DEBRIS, WATER
LOGGING OVER THE RUNWAY. RUNWAY WILL BE RESUMED FOR OPERATIONS
TODAY EVENING.
** NEARLY 42 BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM DEBRIS AND OVER 200
PEOPLE INJURED
** SABULA VILLAGE NEAR CHOGLUMSER HAS BEEN THE WORST HIT
** BSNL OFFICE, ITBP HEADQUARTERS, POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE AMONG THE WORST
HIT

** CLOUDBURST IS A SHORT TIME RAINFALL FROM A HIGH TOP CLOUD
OR CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD WHICH TRIGGERS HIGHEST RAIN RATE
IT CAN EASILY CREATE FLOOD SITUATIONS
ON 26TH NOV 1970, IT RAINED 38MM IN 1 MINUTE IN BAROT,HIMACHAL
PRADESH

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