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The frequency of extreme weather events such as floods and heatwaves is projected to rise manifold in India in the future due to climate change, according to a study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.
A study identifies India's three heatwave hotspot regions, highlighting the need for developing effective heat action plans in these vulnerable areas.
The BRICS members - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - are to set up a task force on disaster management to improve cooperation and share information and knowledge. The second meeting of BRICS ministers organised in India focuses on "Flood Risk Management" and "Forecasting of Extreme Weather Events in the context of Changing Climate".
Prone to calamities like flood and cyclone, the Odisha government has started work on installation of an Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) in the coastal districts. The National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project, with a cost of Rs. 66 Crore, will have up to 122 warning towers covering 22 calamity sensitive blocks along the coast, providing up to 2 hours' notice.
'The region is prone to disasters. Every disaster is a reminder of the need for better risk reduction and preparedness, an essential public health function that needs to be prioritized,' Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia said at 68th regional committee meeting being held at Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste in a report by New Delhi Television...
India, along with 20 Indian Ocean nations, is participating in a major Indian Ocean-wide mock tsunami drill on October 12, 2011 aimed at testing the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS)...
Government officials are hopeful that religious leaders in Srinagar can play a major role in disaster risk management. Imams are receiving training with the idea that they will be able to influence and change the perception that a natural disaster is the wrath of God and that preventing it is impeding God's will.