ith 298 deaths and 66 reported missing in weather-related disasters in 2021, the year has turned out to be the second-worst in terms of loss of lives in suchcalamitiesafter 2013 when Kedarnathflash floodshad taken thousands of lives.
According to data with the State Operation Emergency Center (SEOC), nearly 300 people have died, 66 have been reported missing and over 100 people sustained injuries in weather-related calamities this year. This includes casualties in events like flash floods or floods, cloudbursts, avalanches, landslides and mudflows.
According to the sixth assessment report of theUnited Nations Intergovernmental Panel on https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change, India will see heavier rainfall in the coming decades.