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Cloudbursts — Aasman Se Aafat, Ya Zameen Pe Failure?

Dharali was called a cloudburst and IMD would not confirm it. Kishtwar was one, and 68 people still died. Assam was labelled one and IMD ruled it out — the water came from another state's hills through tributaries nobody was watching. The label is a scientific classification; the disaster is a policy phenomenon.