![]() ![]() On May 5, Chaukhutiya in Almora district also reported a badal phata incident. He explained that such weather incidents happen in closed valleys where the air rises vertically in the atmosphere due to heating.Īlso Read: Uttarakhand: The Himalayan state is besieged by extreme floods and increased droughtsĪccording to the local people, the incidents of badal phata, flash floods and forest fires have increased after the 2013 Kedarnath floods. “It wasn’t a cloud burst, but a spell of intense rain at a particular place that led to the flash floods…,” he said.Īccording to Ashok Priyadarshan Dimri, professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Environmental Sciences: “These weather incidents in Uttarkashi and Chamoli, could be due to convective instability and orographic locking, in which the cloud formation is quick and leads to immediate rains within a short span.” Nand Kishore Joshi, personnel of the State Disaster Response Force, made similar observations. While the local inhabitants refer to these incidents as badal phata or cloudburst, technically they cannot be classified as cloudbursts as according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a cloudburst needs 10 centimetres of rainfall in the duration of an hour.Īlso Read: Uttarakhand Disaster: Glacier burst may not be the cause, but the Hindu Kush Himalayan region’s glaciers, which support over 1.3 billion people, are under threatĮxplaining the reason behind these back to back ‘ badal phata’ incidents, Rohit Thapliyal, Scientist with IMD Dehradun, told Gaon Connection: “The state witnessed rains because of the Westerly disturbance and thunderstorm activity.”įear gripped the local residents who were reminded of the devastating flash floods earlier this year in February in Chamoli district that left at least 72 dead and over 150 missing. Thirty two shops were completely razed to the ground,” said Negi, whose shop was washed away too. Huge boulders, muck, debris and uprooted trees had smashed into our shops. “The market which is spread over three kilometres was in a shambles. The Rishikesh-Badrinath highway is blocked at Totaghati, the Rishikesh-Gangotri highway is blocked at Nagni and the Narendranagar-Ranipokhri road is blocked at several points, Chauhan said.According to the local people, the incidents of badal phata, flash floods and forest fires have increased after the 2013 Kedarnath floods. The affected people have been shifted to schools and panchayat buildings, said Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dhanolti, Lakshmi Raj Chauhan, adding the Raipur-Kumalda road has been blocked by debris at many places. The affected villages include Maldevta, Bhutsi, Tauliyakatal, Thatyud, Lavarkha, Ringalgadh, Dhuttu, Ragad Gaon and Sarkhet, according to the officials. Mud entered homes in over a dozen villages following the cloudburst, prompting the State Disaster Response Force to shift the affected people to safe locations. Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi and Dehradun District Magistrate Sonika also visited the affected areas to assess the damage. Dhami was accompanied by Raipur MLA Umesh Sharma Kau and Garhwal commissioner Sushil Kumar. The Army's help may also be taken if needed," he said. Disaster relief teams are already at work in the affected areas. Water also entered the caves of Tapkeshwar, a famous Shiva temple on the banks of the Tons river, which was in spate, officials said.Ī cloudburst occurred around 2.15 am in Sarkhet village in the Raipur area, they said, adding a bridge over the Song river near Thano got washed away while the Kempty Falls, a popular tourist spot near Mussoorie, was also flowing dangerously.Ĭhief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the affected areas near Thano and instructed officials to make arrangements for restoring vehicular movement. ![]() Excessive rains have affected around 13 villages in the Pauri district prompting the administration to close all Anganwadi centres and schools.Ī house and a shop were damaged by heavy rains in Bhainswad village of Dehradun district injuring three people while five were missing, the state emergency operation centre here said. Her body was recovered by villagers, the disaster control room said. In Binak village of Pauri district, a house collapsed burying 70-year-old Darshani Devi alive. ![]() In Kothar village, an elderly woman suffocated to death after getting trapped underneath rubble brought in by the rains, he said. "Two bodies have been recovered from under the rubble," Tehri District Magistrate Saurabh Gaharwar said. ![]()
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