Step of cloudbrust on safety
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Explanation:
A cloudburst is an extreme amount of precipitation in a short period of time,[1] sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions.Cloudburst can suddenly dump large amounts of water e.g. 25 mm of precipitation corresponds to 25,000 metric tons/km³ (1 inch corresponds to 72,300 short tons over one square mile). However, cloudbursts are infrequent as they occur only via orographic lift or occasionally when a warm air parcel mixes with cooler air, resulting in sudden condensation. At times, a large amount of runoff from higher elevations is mistakenly conflated with a cloudburst. The term "cloudburst" arose from the notion that clouds were akin to water balloons and could burst, resulting in rapid precipitation. Though this idea has since been disproven, the term remains in use.
- Record cloudbursts
Duration Rainfall Location Date
1 minute 1.5 inches (38.10 mm) Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe 26 November 1970
5.5 minutes 2.43 inches (61.72 mm) Port Bell, Panama 29 November 1911
15 minutes 7.8 inches (198.12 mm) Plumb Point, Jamaica 12 May 1916
20 minutes 8.1 inches (205.74 mm) Curtea de Argeș, Romania 7 July 1947
40 minutes 9.25 inches (234.95 mm) Guinea, Virginia, United States 24 August 1906
1 hour 9.84 inches (250 mm) Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India August 5, 2010 [5]
1 hour 5.67 inches (144 mm) Pune, Maharashtra, India September 29, 2010 [2]
1.5 hours 7.15 inches (182 mm) Pune, Maharashtra, India October 4, 2010 [2]
5 hours 15.35 inches (390 mm) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina April 2, 2013 [6]
10 hours 57.00 inches (1,448 mm) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India July 26, 2005
24 hours 54.00 inches (1,372 mm) Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India July 1, 2016
13 hours 45.03 inches (1,144 mm) Foc-Foc, La Réunion January 8, 1966[7]
20 hours 91.69 inches (2,329 mm) Ganges Delta, Bangladesh/India January 8, 1966[8]
24 hours 73.62 inches (1,870 mm) Cilaos, La Réunion March, 1952