At a time when most of Northern India is witnessing incessant rain and the flood-like situation has been looming in multiple states, a cloud cover in Haridwar has left people on social media terrified. In fact, the terrifying cloud cover has sent a 'doomsday' vibe among the netizens whosoever has watched it. A video is doing rounds on social media which shows a captivating yet spine-chilling sight of clouds forming during the monsoon in Haridwar. As per reports, the tsunami-like clpoud which sent chills of doomsday among netizens and locals was actually a 'Shelf Cloud'. Shelf Cloud aka Arcus cloud is a meteorological occurrence. It is a type of low-lying, horizontal cloud formation characterized by a clearly defined line of solid clouds.
The Haridwar cloud video was shared on social media by a Twitter user named Anshul who stated that the viral video is from Haridwar. However, a user had earlier written that the phenomenon occurred in Roorkee. Nevertheless, the shelf cloud indeed terrified the people who witnessed it.
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Massive shelf cloud appears in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. pic.twitter.com/vl7lU5yFjf
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) July 11, 2023
How users reacted to Haridwar tsunami cloud video?
After seeing the video, a user remembered the arrival of The Night King from the HBO-series Game of Thrones.
Night King 😬😬😬
— Preetam Rao (@Preetam_M_Rao) July 11, 2023
Another user wrote, "I thought it's Roorkee"
"Apocalypse" wrote another user.
Apocalypse 💀
— Shweツ (@shwetasensei) July 11, 2023
What is Shelf Cloud?
As per the information available, a shelf cloud is a low, horizontal, wedge-shaped arcus cloud. It is attached to the base of the parent cloud, which is usually a thunderstorm cumulonimbus, but could form on any type of convective clouds. Rising cloud motion can often be seen in the leading (outer) part of the shelf cloud, while the underside can often appear as turbulent and wind-torn.
Monsoon Mayhem
On Tuesday, a total of 76 lives have been lost in the past 76 hours in the deadly constant rain. States like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, UP, and Punjab are witnessing incessant rain for the past 6 days. As a result, in Himachal Pradesh landslides occurred at 39 places in the past 24 hours. The constant rain has risen the level of the Beas river and therefore due to the strong currents of it many buildings were washed away and also bridges collapsed. In Punjab, 2,000 students were left stranded in Ropar's Chitkara University. As a result, the district administration had to take Indian Army's help in the evacuation. A flood-like situation took place in Ropar & parts of Patilaia after a breach in SYL. Not only this, approx 250 cars submerged into the water in Punjab Police Academy in Phillaur which was pulled out by the jawans.