Climate change: Cloudbursts, flashfloods surge in Kashmir
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According to official figures of the Meteorological Department, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded around 168 extreme weather events including cloudbursts and flash floods from 2010 to 2022. Figures showed that six events of cloud bursts and flash floods were reported in 2023 so far.
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“This is a loud indicator of the change in the climate of the region. Owing to its topography, Jammu & Kashmir is more prone to such extreme weather events,” he said.
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Rashid noted that although there is no research backing, the union territory, which is part of the larger Himalayan arc, experiences two types of atmospheric circulation patterns-western disturbances and Indian summer monsoons.
“A change in any of these two patterns will affect the incidence of these adverse weather events. Additionally, the massive land system changes over the past five decades combined with depleting snowfall and glacier cover might have changed the energy budget forcing these erratic and extreme weather events, however, these need to be investigated further,” he said.
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It is seen that more cloudbursts are happening in the Himalayan region because the decadal temperature rise in the Himalayan region is higher than the global rate of rising temperatures.
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