IMD commissions Flash Flood Guidance Services in South Asia

On October 23, 2020, India Meteorological Department commissioned the Flash Flood Guidance Services in South Asia. The service is first of its kind for the South Asian region. Highlights The Flood Guidance Service will include warning about threats six hours in advance, warnings about risks 24 hours in advance. The warnings are to be provided ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Disaster Management • Flash Floods • Flood control • Floods • Indian Meteorological Department • World Meteorological Organisation

What are Hydrocracies, Hubris and Hazardscapes, the man-made factors that lead to floods in Brahmaputra?

Floods are perennial problems of the North Eastern States. The flood situation due to Brahmaputra river keeps affecting more than 40 lakh residents in Assam. Brahmaputra Floods Due to floods in Brahmaputra river, tea plantations get hit, more than 100 animals of Kaziranga National Park get killed. This happens every rainy season. Most of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Assam • Brahmaputra • Brahmaputra River • Dams • Embankment • Flash Floods • Flood control • Floods • Monsoon • Natural Disasters • trans boundary river

“Lost At Home”: A Report released by UNICEF

On May 5, 2020, the UNICEF released its report called “Lost at Home”. The report enforces the risks and challenges of internally displaced children and the need to protect them. Key Findings of the report According to the report, at the end of 2019, around 46 million people were internally displaced due to conflict and ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Conflict • Democratic Republic of Congo • Flash Floods • Floods • Migration • Natural Disasters • Syrian conflict • UNICEF • Yemen • Yemen civil war

GoI allows Export of Onions

In September 2019, GoI had banned the export of onions in order to bring down its prices in the country. The prices of the key cooking ingredient had soared due to supply disruptions and floods in the major onion producing states Haryana and Maharashtra. Highlights Onion prices peaked in December 2019 as rains hit the ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Agriculture • Basmati Rice • Export • Floods • heavy rains • Kharif crop • Onion Prices • Rabi Crops

IMD: Monsoon to withdraw from October 10

The Indian Meteorological Department said that the retreat of monsoon that was delayed by more than a month is to happen by October 10, 2019. The monsoon this year was 110% of Long Period Average (LPA) with above average precipitation. The LPA between 1961 and 2010 was 88 centimeters. The retreat of monsoon is set ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Climate change • Disaster • Floods • heavy rains • India floods • Indian monsoon • South West Monsoon