Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India
Recently, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has released India’s first “Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India”.
About the Atlas
- Development: Developed by Climate Research and Services (CRS) office, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune.
- Extreme Weather Events: It is based on 14 extreme weather events and the risks they pose to the local population, livelihoods and economy of each district.
- It features extreme rainfall, drought, coldwave, heatwave, dust storms, hail storm, thunderstorm, cyclones, snowfall, lightning, winds and fog.
- Historical Climate Data: The hazards and vulnerability values have been calculated utilising the Met department’s historical climate data.
- Each weather phenomenon’s month-wise hazard levels posed to ....
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