India’s Key Hazards/ Disasters

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) came to the conclusion that, worldwide the frequency and magnitude of all types of natural disasters are on the rise. Discernible changes in weather with a general increase in temperature (or a decrease in the number of cold days) have been observed in nearly all the land masses. There is also an increase in the frequency of heavy precipitation events. In some regions of the country, the frequency and intensity of droughts have increased over the past few decades. Projections for India show that the number of „hot‟ and „very hot‟ days will continue to rise.