{"id":107649,"date":"2021-05-20T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T04:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=107649"},"modified":"2021-05-20T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T05:17:26","slug":"steps-and-suggestions-to-handle-cyclone-related-disasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/steps-and-suggestions-to-handle-cyclone-related-disasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps and Suggestions to Handle Cyclone related Disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Synopsis: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Precise forecasts and resilience-building are very important in handling severe <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/disaster-news\/cyclones-news-and-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cyclones<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Introduction\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyclone Tauktae has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gujarat-on-alert-as-cyclonic-storm-vayu-inches-towards-coast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">severe cyclonic storm<\/a>. It is throwing huge volumes of water all along the west coast. It caused loss of life in Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat, before fading overland.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Thousands of people had to be evacuated to safe locations. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s pre-monsoon season is posing a double risk. People are stuck between a fast-spreading virus variant and a pounding storm.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many coastal residents would have gone through a similar experience last year, when the severe cyclonic storm, <\/span><b>Nisarga, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">moved landwards from the Arabian Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Initiatives and suggestions\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has taken many steps in forecasting, disaster mitigation.\u00a0 However, it needs to develop greater expertise in crafting policies to increase resilience among communities. Only then it would be prepared to handle cyclones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Firstly,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-meteorological-departmentimd-celebrates-145th-foundation-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India Meteorological Department<\/a> <\/span><b>(IMD) introduced an impact-based cyclone warning system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the October-December season aimed to reduce economic losses last year. It focussed on districts and specific locations. It also incorporated factors such as population, infrastructure, land use, and settlements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Secondly, the IMD claimed that its accuracy of forecasts is now better.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For instance, in plotting landfall location. This is a promising approach (along with ground mapping of vulnerabilities) to avoid loss of life and destruction of property.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Thirdly, the importance of accurate early warnings cannot be over stressed.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Arabian Sea has become a major source of severe cyclones. Their intensity is heightened by a long-term rise in sea surface temperatures related to pollution over South Asia and its neighbourhood.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Lastly, climate-proofing of lives and dwellings should be a high priority now<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Climate proofing requires a multi-sectoral approach:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To build durable homes of suitable design.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create adequate storm shelters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide accurate early warnings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure financial protection against calamities through insurance for property and assets. Governments must rise up to this challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G208JEC0H.1&amp;imageview=0\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4hNRxN0QBB\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cyclone-tauktae-expected-to-hit-gujarat\/\">&#8220;Cyclone Tauktae&#8221; expected to hit Gujarat<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Cyclone Tauktae&#8221; expected to hit Gujarat&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cyclone-tauktae-expected-to-hit-gujarat\/embed\/#?secret=bSIGJ7erjl#?secret=4hNRxN0QBB\" data-secret=\"4hNRxN0QBB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: Precise forecasts and resilience-building are very important in handling severe cyclones. Introduction\u00a0 Cyclone Tauktae has become a severe cyclonic storm. It is throwing huge volumes of water all along the west coast. It caused loss of life in Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat, before fading overland. Thousands of people had to be evacuated&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/steps-and-suggestions-to-handle-cyclone-related-disasters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steps and Suggestions to Handle Cyclone related Disasters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1336],"class_list":["post-107649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-disas_1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}