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Why in the news? Governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka previously moved the Supreme Court seeking relief funds for calamities such as Cyclone Michaung, floods, and drought in the preceding year. Source-TH Key points : Union government orders the release of ₹3,730.32 crore towards relief assistance for natural calamities from the National Disaster Response Fund …
Read MoreWhy in the news? Indonesia evacuates thousands as Mount Ruang erupts, raising tsunami threat, highlighting region’s vulnerability to volcanic activity. source:seattle About the Volcanic Activity and Evacuation Efforts: Mount Ruang in Indonesia erupted five times, prompting urgent evacuation measures. The eruptions resulted in a towering ash column and raised the alert level to the highest …
Read MoreSyllabus: GS 1: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone. etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. GS 3: Disaster and disaster management. Focus: The recent heavy rainfall event in the United Arab Emirates …
Read MoreRelevance: GS 3 – Disaster and disaster management. Why in the News? The India Meteorological Department (IMD) typically issues heat alerts during the summer months, but this year alerts began in February. Parts of northeast and western India have already experienced significantly warmer temperatures, 1-5 degrees Celsius above normal. The IMD predicts an increase in …
Read MoreSyllabus: GS-1- Tropical and temperate cyclone from geography point of view GS-3– Disaster management like tropical cyclones GS-4– Case study on disaster management Focus : Tropical cyclones with peak wind speeds far exceeding category 5 scale of 252 km/hour are increasingly seen due to global warming, making a case for introducing category 6 for wind …
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