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West Bengal Climate Weather In West Bengal Summer Temperature: Maximum 450 C, Minimum 200 C Winter Temperature: Maximum 150 C, Minimum 80 C Average Rainfall: 175 cm Best Time To Visit: October to February (Deltas and Plains) March to June and September to December (Mountains) The climate of West Bengal experiences great variation, mainly in … Read more
Natural hazards and related issues of Meghalaya As the State lies in the seismically active zone, special emphasis should be given to reduce the impacts of earthquake. Moreover, it is also affected by hazards such as floods, flash floods, epidemics, fire, hailstorm, lightening, road accidents, etc. Earthquake The State of Meghalaya has witnessed seismic events … Read more
Natural hazards in Nagaland Earthquake Nagaland has been hit by many disasters in the past. The most notable ones are the Great Shillong Earthquake on 12th June 1897 which measured 8.7 in the Richter scale and the Assam Tibet earthquake on 15th August 1950 which measured 8.5 in the Richter scale. However, since those days … Read more
Natural hazards in Tamilnadu Introduction Natural disasters are consequences of a NATURAL HAZARD like an earthquake, landslide, cyclone, flood, or tsunami which affects human activities. Human vulnerability to disasters is increased by POVERTY and the risk potential for disasters. A lack of planning, preparedness and appropriate emergency management systems can lead to devastating to human, animal, … Read more
Geological Disasters Earthquake:- Based on tectonic features and records of past Earthquakes, a seismic zoning map of India has been prepared by a committee of experts under the auspices of Bureau of Indian Standard. In this seismic zoning map, most of the area of Punjab State lies in Zone III and IV. However, northern boundary … Read more
The State of Punjab suffers mainly from two natural hazards, namely, flood and Earthquakes, of which floods have quite a high frequency of occurrence, whereas earthquakes of M > 5.0 have a moderate frequency within and close to the boundary of the State. Theoretically risk is said to be the product of hazard and vulnerability … Read more
Relief and Structure of Goa Goa is almost entirely covered by rocks of the Goa Group belonging to the Dharwar Super Group of the ArchaeanlProterozoic age, except for a narrow strip at the north-eastern corner occupied by Deccan Trap of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Eocene age. The Goa Group consisting of green ‘schist species of metamorphic … Read more
Assam and Entire North Eastern India has a unique and unstable geological Conditions which makes it prone to various natural disasters and also Assam has witnessed some of the hazards or disasters which are due to anthropogenic reasons. Disasters causes … Read more
Hazard Profile of State Himachal Pradesh State of Himachal is prone to various hazards both natural and manmade. Main hazards consist of Earthquakes, landslides, flash floods, snow storms and avalanches, draughts, dam failures, fires – domestic and wild, accidents – road, rail, air, stampedes, boat capsizing, biological, industrial and hazardous chemicals etc. Earthquake: The hazard … Read more
El Nino El Niño is the name given to the occasional development of warm ocean surface waters along the coast of Ecuador and Peru. When this warming occurs the usual upwelling of cold, nutrient rich deep ocean water is significantly El Niño normally occurs around Christmasand usually lasts for a few weeks to a few months. Sometimes … Read more