Why does Northeast India get so much rain? Geography expert Upma Chaturvedi explains the science and challenges behind the ...

This is the dangerous moment that the Nujiang River turned into a raging torrent, triggering a powerful flash flood after ...

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has predicted heavy rains in Nilgiris, Ghat areas of Coimbatore and southern ...

Severe flash flooding across Norman is causing major travel issues Wednesday morning as heavy rain continues to pour across the county. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning at ...

Jammu Kashmir rainfall impact: Three people were killed after torrential ... Cloudbursts are more common in hilly areas because of a phenomenon called ‘orographic lift’, which basically means warm air ...

But that is how it is with showers, hit and miss. Plus with incoming storms rainfall is orographic in nature. As onshore winds reach our foothills, the air rises and cools and precipitation increases.

There are several scientific theories on why this area saw double digits of rain in a four day stretch, one being the orographic effect. The orographic effect occurs when air masses are forced to ...

Afrifa, Francis Osei Tutu, 2024: A Case Study of Cold-season Emergent Orographic Convection and its Impact on Precipitation. Part 1: Mesoscale Analysis. University of ...

The remnants of Hurricane Helene were not the only factor that contributed to the severity of the flooding that struck the mountain community of Asheville, North Carolina. Several conditions in ...