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More than 100 people are missing after the floods invaded a village in Uttrangal.

More than 100 people are missing and at least four people died after flooding in the village of Darli, in the state of Uttrangal, in northern India.

Local authorities said that teams of the army and disaster response forces operate in the area to save people trapped under the debris.

The Indian Army Central Command said in a position on X.

The sudden floods were operated in Ouarrakashi, where Darli is located, due to the severe rain known as the “cloud”, causing the Jacganga River to be enlarged at approximately 1:30 pm local time (08:00 GMT) on Tuesday.

Indian Meteorological Department (IMDHe warned that heavy rains will continue in the next few days.

What is the cloud?

The cloud is intense rain that provides a large amount of rain in a short time. It is often accompanied by thunder and cold and can cause flash floods.

At any time, the blanket of the clouds is about 70 percent of the surface of the earth. Cloudbursts is often associated with clouding cumulonimbus, which contains large amounts of water.

the IMD said Over the past 24 hours, severe rains of 21 cm (8.3 inches) or more in parts of the northwest India, including the Attrantal, where flash floods – more than 10 cm (3.9 inches) of rain occurred at the clock required to be classified as a cloud, according to the International Trade Agreement.

Cloudbursts tend to occur on a small geographical area ranging from 20 to 30 square kilometers (7.7 to 11.6 square miles)

Is this the result of climate change?

Ostrand, which has a large amount of mountainous and unstable terrain often, is subject to floods associated with monsoon winds. The village of Darali is located in the Himalayas Mountains between the villages of Harsel and Janjoitri.

Ostrand is particularly vulnerable to climate change, given the fragility of the Himalayas. In particular, it is exposed to excessive rain, cloud events, flood events and very cold weather periods (cold waves), according to a study published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

This study found that areas in the upper regions are more exposed to these effects due to their inability to adapt to weather and climate changes and because ecosystems in these areas are more sensitive to such changes.

Experts say global warming will increase mountain temperatures faster than the global average.

The catastrophic floods, which historically affected the Auttar, will become more common as high temperatures melts ice flowers, such as gangs, ice that is closest to Darali.

According to the United Nations Environment Program, the high temperatures in the Himalayas will eventually reduce the size of the ice rivers, which leads to a decrease in the long -term water availability of agriculture, individuals and energy systems. This will also lead to more solar energy absorption – accelerating the effects of global warming – because the ice melting areas will be replaced with water or earth, and the amount of light reflected currently will decrease from existing ice rivers.