What are cloudbursts and why might a warming world make them even more dangerous?
- Posted on August 20, 2025
- By CNN
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What are cloudbursts and why might a warming world make them even more dangerous?
Sudden and intense bursts of extreme rainfall are causing devastation across mountainous parts of South Asia, triggering flash floods, deadly mudflows and huge landslides that have washed out entire neighbourhoods and turned vibrant communities into heaps of mud and rubble.
