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Rainfall statistics mislead as cloudbursts ravage Himalayan states
Orissa POST
|August 19, 2025
A spate of cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides ‘across the Himalayan states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand this monsoon has again laid bare the mountain's risk to short, violent spells of rain.
It has also shown that seasonal rainfall in the “normal” category may not always signal safety.
The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) district-wise rainfall data till August 17 this season shows a striking contrast -- several districts that saw deadly cloudbursts or flash floods are in the "normal" to "below-normal” rainfall bracket. Examples include Kishtwar and Kathua in Jammu division and Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand.
The IMD classifies rainfall as "large excess" if it is 60 per cent or more above the season's normal, "excess" if it is between 20 per cent and 59 per cent and "normal" if within 19 per cent. Rainfall that is 20 to 59 per cent below normal is "deficient", while 60 to 99 per cent below is termed "large deficient”.
This story is from the August 19, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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