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. The intense, sudden deluges have proved fatal in both countries.

Cloudbursts, massive downpours that deliver over 100mm (4 inches) of rain in a single hour, have caused devastating floods in both Pakistan and India during this monsoon season, claiming hundreds of lives.

Massive, sudden downpours of rain known as cloudbursts have struck Pakistan and India during this monsoon season, killing hundreds of people in the flash floods and landslides they have triggered.