Definition, Betydelse & Synonymer | Engelska ordet CLOUDBURST

Definition av CLOUDBURST

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Exempel på hur man kan använda CLOUDBURST i en mening

• For example, a cloudburst in southern Utah on 14 September 2015 resulted in 20 flash flood fatalities, of which seven fatalities occurred at Zion National Park when hikers were trapped by floodwaters in a slot canyon.
• In the Indian subcontinent, a cloudburst usually occurs when a monsoon cloud drifts northwards, from the Bay of Bengal or Arabian Sea across the plains, then onto the Himalayas and bursts, bringing rainfall as high as 75 millimetres per hour.
• They came within two miles of victory, with Hamilton halving the lead of the Scuderia Ferrari of José Froilán González and Maurice Trintignant in the final stages of the race, as the track was awash following a cloudburst.
• A million tons of boulders, trees and mud loosed by a cloudburst rolled and tumbled a tortuous two miles, destroying Oscar Stanley's new home and his cattle, barn and crops.
• Then in 1929, a cloudburst dumped torrential rains on the Smokies, washing away the scalded soil from the western flank of the Sawteeth and giving it its current rocky appearance.
• Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating and Owen Gleiberman praised Hardwicke's direction: "She has reconjured Meyer's novel as a cloudburst mood piece filled with stormy skies, rippling hormones, and understated visual effects".
• In August 2010, a cloudburst in the Ladakh Himalayas triggered flashfloods across the region and caused several deaths, massive destruction of property and infrastructure and much misery to the Ladakhis.
• Some of the strongest thunderstorms in the country occur here either accompanied by dusty squalls, microbursts, cloudburst and sometimes even funnel clouds.
• Cumulatively, since the monsoon hit on 24 June, 170 incidents of cloudburst or landsliding had been reported and 9,600 houses had been damaged in Himachal Pradesh.

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