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J&K robust disaster management plans
The New Indian Express Kollam
|August 20, 2025
IN the wake of the deadly cloudbursts in J&K's Kishtwar and Kathua, experts have called for a robust disaster management plan even as CM Omar Abdullah announced on Tuesday that a team of experts would be formed to identify vulnerable places over the Union Territory.
Kashmir meteorological department director Mukhtar Ahmed said cloudburst-like events will become more frequent and severe in future due to global warming. "Just one degree rise in temperature will increase moisture holding capacity of air by up
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kollam.
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