{"id":29519,"date":"2018-10-26T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T05:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=29519"},"modified":"2018-10-26T10:58:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T05:28:58","slug":"drowning-in-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/drowning-in-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Drowning in Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/editorial\/drowning-in-dust\/article23828748.ece\">Drowning in Dust<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disaster and Disaster Management<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Recent extreme weather event in North India has highlighted the need for better disaster management system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0According to the UN Environment Programme, globally major dust producing region releases 1000-3000 teragrams of particles into the atmosphere. Sahara Desert contributes the highest with one-third of the total dust<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In India, presence of dust particles is 3 times higher than the global average due to the abundance of mineral dust<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Research points out that altered climatic patterns due to accumulation of dust particles affect the Himalayan glaciers<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Every year in pre-monsoon season, North Indian States experience storms carrying natural dust clouds from the Thar Desert and further west.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0However, some scientists have reported reduction in dust volumes in pre-monsoon season due to pattern of increased rainfall<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The recent storm was highly destructive as it combined hot western winds and moisture from the east. Extremely hot April temperature in parts of Pakistan added to the intensity of the storm.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u>Problems with disaster management in India:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lack of coordination among various stakeholders which affects disaster preparedness<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Poor public infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u>Measures to be taken:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Develop accurate forecasting methods<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Strong public infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Capacity development among administrators and personnel<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Protocols to mitigate impact and ensure rescue and rehabilitation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drowning in Dust Disaster and Disaster Management News: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Recent extreme weather event in North India has highlighted the need for better disaster management system. Important facts: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0According to the UN Environment Programme, globally major dust producing region releases 1000-3000 teragrams of particles into the atmosphere. Sahara Desert contributes the highest with one-third of the total&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/drowning-in-dust\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Drowning in Dust<\/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":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704774979},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29519","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=29519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}