Cloudburst is one of the most devastating and frequently occurring natural hazardous events in Indian Himalayan region. [2]Localized deep cumulus convective clouds have a capability of giving enormous amount of rainfall over a limited horizontal area, within a short span of time. Whenever, such events occur, lead to flash floods causing landslides, house collapses, dislocation of traffic and human casualties on a large scale. Therefore, it is necessary to predict the cloudburst inundation zones accurately to avoid damage associated with them.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/hydrodynamic-simulation-cloudburst-event-asi-ganga-valley-indian-himalayan-region
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Asi_Ganga_Valley_cloudburst.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vasanta-g-kumar-villuri
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/srinivas-pasupeleti
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kamal-jain-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/mausam
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landslides
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geographical-information-systems-gis