Himachal reels under deadly cloudbursts and floods, as experts link rising extreme weather to climate change and fragile ...

One of Earth's wettest locations saw a staggering two-day rainfall total of nearly 100 inches on this day 30 years ago. Cherrapunji, India, recorded 98.15 inches of rain, or over 8 feet, from June ...

The question is, why was flooding so bad in this area? There are several scientific theories on why this area saw double digits of rain in a four day stretch, one being the orographic effect.

We’ll remain hot and muggy on Monday, with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected during the afternoon and evening. On ...

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.

One of Earth's wettest locations saw a staggering two-day rainfall total of nearly 100 inches on this day 30 years ago. Cherrapunji, India, recorded 98.15 inches of rain, or over 8 feet, from June ...