{"id":210477,"date":"2025-12-31T19:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/210477\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T19:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:53:15","slug":"cloudbursts-in-north-to-southern-cyclones-natural-calamities-that-rocked-india-in-2025-in-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/210477\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudbursts in North to Southern cyclones, natural calamities that rocked India in 2025 | In pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>\nFrom an avalanche that hit Uttarakhand&#8217;s Chamoli in February to cyclone Ditwah that jolted Tamil Nadu in December, India was hit by these disasters in 2025.<br \/>\n&#8230;read more\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-follow1.png\" alt=\"google-icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a data-id=\"Share, 3\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Cloudbursts%20in%20North%20to%20Southern%20cyclones%2C%20natural%20calamities%20that%20rocked%20India%20in%202025%20%7C%20In%20pics - https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/from-northern-cloudbursts-to-southern-cyclones-natural-calamities-that-rocked-india-in-2025-pics-101766474016120.html%3Futm_source%3Dwhatsapp%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dht_site %0a%0a%0aFor news on the go, download HT app. Click https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/s\/deeplink?targetUrl=https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com&amp;utm_source=open_App_story&amp;utm_campaign=open_app&amp;utm_medium=msite&amp;redirectToBrowser=false&amp;skipPreviewPageIOS=false&amp;appPrefix=ht&#039;);\" class=\"wt\" title=\"what&#039;s app\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<a data-id=\"Share, 1\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/from-northern-cloudbursts-to-southern-cyclones-natural-calamities-that-rocked-india-in-2025-pics-101766474016120.html?utm_source=fb&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ht_site&#039;);\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"fb\"><br \/>\n<a data-id=\"Share, 2\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/from-northern-cloudbursts-to-southern-cyclones-natural-calamities-that-rocked-india-in-2025-pics-101766474016120.html?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ht_site&amp;title=Cloudbursts%20in%20North%20to%20Southern%20cyclones%2C%20natural%20calamities%20that%20rocked%20India%20in%202025%20%7C%20In%20pics&#039;);\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tw\"><br \/>\n<a data-id=\"Share, 4\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open(&#039;https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/from-northern-cloudbursts-to-southern-cyclones-natural-calamities-that-rocked-india-in-2025-pics-101766474016120.html?utm_source=linkedin&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ht_site&#039;);\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Linkdin\" class=\"ln\"><br \/>\n<a data-id=\"Share, 6\" class=\"cpy-i cpyclipboard\" data-articleurl=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/from-northern-cloudbursts-to-southern-cyclones-natural-calamities-that-rocked-india-in-2025-pics-101766474016120.html\" data-title=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/from-northern-cloudbursts-to-southern-cyclones-natural-calamities-that-rocked-india-in-2025-pics-101766474016120.html\"\/><br \/>\n<a data-id=\"Share, 5\" data-articleid=\"101766474016120\" title=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/photos\/news\/javascript:void(0);\" class=\"bm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\n1 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/India-must-internalise-the-fact-that-women-and-gir_1767154904393_1767154904544.jpg\" alt=\"Throughout 2025, several natural disasters hit India, causing widespread damage and disruption to life. Here is a look at them through visuals.(Raju Shinde\/HT Photo)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2025, several natural disasters hit India, causing widespread damage and disruption to life. Here is a look at them through visuals.(Raju Shinde\/HT Photo)<\/p>\n<p>\n2 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kishtwar_cloudburst_1766474407893_1766474408025.jpg\" alt=\"A deadly cloudburst hit Jammu and Kashmir's Chishoti village on August 14, which led to flash floods that posed a fatal situation to the pilgrims of the annual Machail Mata Yatra in the region.(PTI)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>A deadly cloudburst hit Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s Chishoti village on August 14, which led to flash floods that posed a fatal situation to the pilgrims of the annual Machail Mata Yatra in the region.(PTI)<\/p>\n<p>\n3 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Uttarakhand_saw_deadly_flash_floods_in_early_Aug_1766474694077_1766474694227.JPG\" alt=\"Uttarakhand saw a series of deadly flash floods throughout early August 2025, that stemmed from a cloudburst. The calamity resulted in massive destruction and numerous deaths, with Uttarkashi's Dharali being the most affected.(REUTERS)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>Uttarakhand saw a series of deadly flash floods throughout early August 2025, that stemmed from a cloudburst. The calamity resulted in massive destruction and numerous deaths, with Uttarkashi&#8217;s Dharali being the most affected.(REUTERS)<\/p>\n<p>\n4 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Punjab_was_hit_by_strong_floods_1766474934822_1766474934997.jpg\" alt=\"Punjab was hit by one of its strongest floods since 1988, with waters from the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers overflowing which submerged stretches of farmland and villages and caused severe destruction to not just its people \u00a0but also to crops and cattle.(PTI)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>Punjab was hit by one of its strongest floods since 1988, with waters from the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers overflowing which submerged stretches of farmland and villages and caused severe destruction to not just its people \u00a0but also to crops and cattle.(PTI)<\/p>\n<p>\n5 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Uttarakhands_Chamoli_was_hit_by_an_avalanche_17664_1766477239923_1766477240098.jpg\" alt=\"At least eight were reported dead in February, when an avalanche struck a village in Uttarakhand\u2019s Chamoli district, trapping several personnel and labourers. Indian Army troops stationed at Joshimath in a joint rescue effort with the Indian Air Force, Army Aviation, Border Roads Organisation, National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police led the rescue operation.(ITBP via PTI)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>At least eight were reported dead in February, when an avalanche struck a village in Uttarakhand\u2019s Chamoli district, trapping several personnel and labourers. Indian Army troops stationed at Joshimath in a joint rescue effort with the Indian Air Force, Army Aviation, Border Roads Organisation, National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police led the rescue operation.(ITBP via PTI)<\/p>\n<p>\n6 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Himachal_Pradesh_was_hit_by_several_cloudbursts_1766475482679_1766475482840.jpg\" alt=\"At least 69 people were killed, 37 were reported missing and 110 were injured as Himachal Pradesh gripped with deadly cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides throughout the monsoon season in 2025.(PTI)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>At least 69 people were killed, 37 were reported missing and 110 were injured as Himachal Pradesh gripped with deadly cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides throughout the monsoon season in 2025.(PTI)<\/p>\n<p>\n7 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cyclone_Montha_hit_the_eastern_coast_in_October_1766475777687_1766475777830.jpg\" alt=\"Causing intensive damage across Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, cyclone Montha swept across the eastern coast of India in late October after making landfall near Narasapuram, between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh.(PTI)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>Causing intensive damage across Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, cyclone Montha swept across the eastern coast of India in late October after making landfall near Narasapuram, between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh.(PTI)<\/p>\n<p>\n8 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rains_hit_Kolkata_just_a_few_days_before_Durga_Puj_1766476113303_1766476113510.jpg\" alt=\"As city of joy - West Bengal's Kolkata - geared up to embrace its biggest festival of the year, Durga Pujo, severe rain hit the region which led to waterlogging across several pandals. Stemming from a strong low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, on September 23, heavy overnight showers lashed the city, leading to flooding, waterlogging, transport disruptions and multiple deaths.(Samir Jana\/Hindustan Times)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>As city of joy &#8211; West Bengal&#8217;s Kolkata &#8211; geared up to embrace its biggest festival of the year, Durga Pujo, severe rain hit the region which led to waterlogging across several pandals. Stemming from a strong low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, on September 23, heavy overnight showers lashed the city, leading to flooding, waterlogging, transport disruptions and multiple deaths.(Samir Jana\/Hindustan Times)<\/p>\n<p>\n9 \/ 9\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cyclone_Ditwah_hits_Chennai_1766476707712_1766476707886.jpg\" alt=\"Causing notable damage to parts of southern India, particularly Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and also Sri Lanka, cylone Ditwah caused heavy rainfall, flooding and loss of life before weakening into a remnant low by December 3, 2025.(PTI)\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/static-content\/1m\/2022\/ht-images\/expand-icon.svg\" alt=\"expand-icon\"\/><br \/>\nView Photos in a new improved layout<\/p>\n<p>Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST<\/p>\n<p>Causing notable damage to parts of southern India, particularly Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and also Sri Lanka, cylone Ditwah caused heavy rainfall, flooding and loss of life before weakening into a remnant low by December 3, 2025.(PTI)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Dec 31, 2025 09:54 am IST From an avalanche that hit Uttarakhand&#8217;s Chamoli in February to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[128065,273,128064,128060,111,139,69,128062,147,128063,128061],"class_list":{"0":"post-210477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-cyclone-montha","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-himachal-floods","11":"tag-jammu-and-kashmir-cloudburst","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-punjab-floods","16":"tag-science","17":"tag-uttarakhand-avalanche","18":"tag-uttarakhand-flash-floods"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}