Stormy start (GS-3, Disaster management, The Hindu)

19 May Stormy start (GS-3, Disaster management, The Hindu)

Posted at 19 May 2021 in Current Affairs, disaster management, GS Paper III by Swarn Singh 0 Comments

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Context:- Disaster which is an extreme form of any crisis is going on the western coast of India, where tautake hit.

What is a cyclone

- A cyclone is any low-pressure area with a high pressure area around it and with winds spiralling inwards.
- It rotates anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and rotates clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

- - Large sea surface with a temperature higher than 27° C.
  - Presence of the Coriolis force so that cyclones can be formed.
  - Small differences in the vertical wind speed to create speed.
  - A pre-existing weak- low-pressure area or low-level-cyclonic circulation.
  - Upper divergence above the sea level system.

- Change in the weather pattern around the globe
- Climate change
- Increase in the sea surface temperature.
- Frequent change in the land use pattern
- Cause of clogging of drainage crises become a catastrphe.
How India tackles the disaster
- Disaster management act 2005
  - It creates national and state level bodies with chairmen PM and CM
  - it has people participatory approach.
  - it operates on bottom up approach.
  - it tackles, from the beginning and also focus on retrofitting.

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