Lok Sabha Question No. 4376 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Natural Calamities
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Geeta Kora, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Dileshwar Kamait, Riti Pathak, Jugal Kishore Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4376 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 30 TH  MARCH, 2022

## NATURAL CALAMITIES

4376.   SHRIMATI GEETA KORA: SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO: SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK: SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

the  State-wise  number  of  natural  calamities  witnessed  during  the  last  one  decade particularly in West Bengal?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

The numbers of natural calamities witnessed in the last one decade over the country with specific details for West Bengal are given in Annexure .

## Extreme Weather Events recorded over the country for the period 2010-2021

|   YEAR |   SNOWFALL |   COLD WAVE | HEAT WAVE   | SQUALL   |   GALE |   DUST STORM |   LIGHTNING |   THUNDERSTORM | HAILSTORM   |   FLOODS AND HEAVY RAINS |   CYCLONIC STORM |   TOTAL (WHOLE YEAR) |
|--------|------------|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|   2021 |         20 |          11 |             |          |      4 |            5 |         730 |             61 | 1           |                      760 |              174 |                 1766 |
|   2020 |         22 |         162 | 25          | 6        |     13 |           14 |         652 |            506 |             |                      995 |              119 |                 2514 |
|   2019 |         65 |         291 | 505         | 3        |      6 |           25 |         415 |            348 | 2           |                     1297 |               60 |                 3017 |
|   2018 |         18 |         280 | 33          |          |      8 |          237 |         342 |            655 | 8           |                     1099 |              157 |                 2837 |
|   2017 |         38 |          51 | 375         | 15       |     11 |            5 |         840 |            289 | 4           |                     1077 |               46 |                 2751 |
|   2016 |         22 |          42 | 510         | 8        |      3 |           11 |         670 |            216 | 28          |                      714 |               34 |                 2258 |
|   2015 |         12 |          18 | 2081        | 1        |      5 |           30 |         498 |            324 | 39          |                      917 |               94 |                 4019 |
|   2014 |         62 |          58 | 547         | 9        |      3 |           51 |         352 |            246 | 35          |                      953 |               46 |                 2362 |
|   2013 |         30 |         271 | 1433        | 1        |      3 |            1 |         326 |            327 | 54          |                     5528 |               50 |                 8024 |
|   2012 |         31 |         139 | 729         | 5        |      5 |            5 |         434 |            190 |             |                      395 |               61 |                 1994 |
|   2011 |         14 |         722 | 12          |          |      4 |           21 |         177 |            331 |             |                      654 |               46 |                 1981 |
|   2010 |         25 |         450 | 269         |          |      3 |           41 |         431 |            373 | 45          |                     1058 |               22 |                 2717 |

## Extreme Weather Events recorded in West Bengal for the period 2010-2021

|   YEAR | COLD WAVE   | HEAT WAVE   | SQUALL   | DUST STORM   | LIGHTNING   | THUNDERSTORM   | HAILSTORM   | FLOODS AND HEAVY RAINS   | CYCLONIC STORM   |   TOTAL (WHOLE YEAR) |
|--------|-------------|-------------|----------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|   2021 |             |             |          |              | 58          |                |             | 26                       | 2                |                   86 |
|   2020 |             |             |          |              | 3           |                |             | 145                      | 86               |                  234 |
|   2019 |             |             |          |              | 5           | 17             |             | 223                      | 7                |                  252 |
|   2018 |             |             |          |              | 6           | 192            |             | 3                        |                  |                  201 |
|   2017 |             | 2           | 7        |              | 8           | 35             |             | 78                       |                  |                  130 |
|   2016 | 4           | 11          |          | 3            | 7           | 13             |             | 7                        |                  |                   45 |
|   2015 |             | 14          |          |              | 11          | 16             |             | 44                       | 69               |                  154 |
|   2014 |             | 19          | 2        |              | 10          | 98             | 1           |                          |                  |                  130 |
|   2013 | 13          | 4           |          |              |             | 136            |             |                          |                  |                  153 |
|   2012 | 4           | 143         |          |              | 157         | 16             |             | 4                        |                  |                  324 |
|   2011 | 23          |             |          |              | 10          | 47             |             | 11                       |                  |                   91 |
|   2010 | 1           | 18          |          |              | 38          | 82             | 3           | 7                        |                  |                  149 |

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## Annexure