Tag: Cloudbursts

Environment and Ecology Four-ringed butterfly A new study found that a four-ringed butterfly belonging to a family with most members in China has resurfaced in India after 61 The butterfly was recorded in 2018 from the Namdapha National Ypthima is considered a rich genus of the family Nymphalidae which has some 6,000 species of butterflies. Of the 35 Ypthima species recorded in India, 23 have been reported from the Cloudbursts Cloudbursts followed by flash floods wreaked widespread destruction in Himachal Recently, a cloudburst event was reported in Kullu, Mandi, and Shimla regions of Himachal Pradesh, as per the District Disaster Management Authority. About Cloudbursts It refers to particularly heavy precipitation in a short period of time over limited geographical Any unexpected precipitation exceeding 100 millimetres per hour over a geographical region of approximately 20 to 30 square km can be categorized as (IMD).