India has obtained its first Climate Vulnerability Atlas, based on 14 extreme weather events and the risks they pose to local people, livelihoods and the economy of each district.
The Atlas of Climate Hazards and Vulnerability of India, developed by scientists from the Office of Climate Research and Services (CRS) of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Pune, was launched by Dr Jitendra Singh, who leads the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), on Friday the 147th day of the founding of IMD.
The atlas features extreme precipitation, droughts, cold waves, heat waves, dust storms, hailstorms, thunderstorms, cyclones, snowfall, lightning, winds and fog . The hazard and vulnerability values were calculated using historical climate data from the Met Department. The monthly danger levels of each weather phenomenon posed to the respective district have been enlisted in this one-of-a-kind atlas. A total of 640 maps are available in the online atlas. The atlas provides a range of vulnerability with risk ranging from none, low, moderate, high and very high categories for each Indian district.
While lightning causes the greatest number of casualties, floods, cyclones and fog cause huge economic and livelihood losses.
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