In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani village following a cloudburst.

In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani village following a cloudburst.

Leading meteorologists are raising red flags over the growing misuse of the term “cloudburst” in Pakistan’s media and

Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area

By a widely accepted definition, a cloudburst means more than 100 mm of rainfall in one hour, over a small area.

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) warned against more rains and cloudburst incidents in northern parts of Pakistan as death toll during the current monsoon season reached 657 while 929 injured in various incidents across country.