Lok Sabha Question No. 2532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: Deaths due to Extreme Weather Events in the Country
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Shri Murari Lal Meena, Dr. M P Abdussamad Samadani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2532 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## DEATHS DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY

## 2532.   DR. M P ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI: SHRI MURARI LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  deaths  due  to  extreme  weather  events  in  the country increased by 18% during the last three years, and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) year-wise and State-wise data on the details of fatalities and injuries caused by extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, floods, cyclones, landslides, and droughts during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise;
- (c) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  mitigate  the  impact  of  extreme  weather events;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  long-term  impact  of  climate  change  on  the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  details  of  financial  resources  allocated  by  the  Government  towards  adaptation  and resilience initiatives for communities vulnerable to extreme weather events, particularly in high-risk regions?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a)-(b)  The latest details are given in Annexure-1.
- (c) In  coordination  with  various  research  centers  across  the  country,  India  Meteorological Department  (IMD)  has  continuously  taken  multiple  steps  to  improve  monitoring  and early  warning  systems,  which  have  helped  minimize  loss  of  life  and  property  during extreme  weather  events.  The  weather  information  is  provided  to  all  the  stakeholders, including ministries of the Union Government, State Governments, and local Government bodies. IMD issues various outlooks/forecasts/warnings for the Public and disaster management authorities to prepare for extreme weather events. While issuing the alert, a suitable color code is used to highlight the impact of the severe weather expected and  alert  disaster  management  about  the  course  of  action  to  be  taken  regarding  an impending disaster weather event. IMD issues the necessary warnings and advisories well in advance for preparedness. A series of National and State-level preparedness meetings are  conducted  much  before  the  start  of  the  season,  with  regular  review  meetings  from time to time during the season.

IMD  has  brought  out  a  web-based  online  'Climate  Hazard  &  Vulnerability  Atlas  of India'  prepared  for  the  thirteen  most  hazardous  meteorological  events,  which  cause extensive damages and economic, human, and animal losses. The same can be accessed at https://imdpune.gov.in/hazardatlas/abouthazard.html. This atlas will help State government  authorities  and  disaster  management  agencies  plan  and  take  appropriate action  to  tackle  extreme  weather  events.  This  product  is  helpful  in  building  Climate Change resilient infrastructure.

IMD  has  launched  seven  of  its  services  (Current  Weather,  Nowcast,  City  Forecast, Rainfall  Information,  Tourism  Forecast,  Warnings,  and  Cyclone)  with  the  'UMANG' Mobile App for use by the Public. Moreover, IMD developed a mobile App, 'MAUSAM' for weather forecasting, 'Meghdoot' for Agromet advisory dissemination, and 'Damini' for  lightning  alerts.  The  Common  Alert  Protocol  (CAP)  developed  by  NDMA  is  also being implemented to disseminate warnings by IMD.

- (d) Yes. Due to climate change, annual temperature is increasing globally, and the impact of the  same  is  reflected  in  the  extreme  weather  events  in  various  parts  of  the  globe, including  India.  Furthermore,  the  Ministry  has  recently  published  the  Climate  Change Assessment Report over the Indian region, which is available at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-4327-2.
- (e) The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) uniformly implements the central sector schemes throughout  the  country,  and  IMD  provides  weather  and  climate-related  forecasts  and warnings, including warnings about heatwaves.

## State-wise Deaths Due to Disastrous Weather Events During 2023:

| STATE/UT               | SNOWFALL   | COLD WAVE   | HEAT WAVE   | GALE   | LIGHTNING   | THUNDER STORM   | HAIL STORM   | FLOODS and HEAVY RAINS   | CYCLONICSTORM / CYCLONE RELATED EVENTS   |   Grand Total |
|------------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|--------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------|
| AndhraPradesh          | *          | *           | 3           | *      | 55          | *               | *            | *                        | 9                                        |            67 |
| ArunachalPradesh       | *          | *           | *           | *      | *           | *               | *            | 17                       | *                                        |            17 |
| Assam                  | *          | *           | *           | *      | 20          | 8               | 1            | 20                       | *                                        |            49 |
| Bihar                  | *          | *           | 12          | *      | 250         | *               | *            | 1                        | *                                        |           263 |
| Chandigarh             | *          | *           | *           | *      | *           | *               | *            | 1                        | *                                        |             1 |
| Chhattisgarh           | *          | 1           | 2           | *      | 67          | 8               | 2            | 1                        | *                                        |            81 |
| Dadar and Nagar Haveli | *          | *           | *           | *      | *           | *               | *            | 2                        | *                                        |             2 |
| Delhi                  | *          | *           | *           | *      | *           | *               | *            | 2                        | *                                        |             2 |
| Goa                    | *          | *           | *           | *      | *           | *               | *            | 1                        | *                                        |             1 |
| Gujarat                | *          | *           | *           | *      | 30          | *               | *            | 5                        | *                                        |            35 |
| Haryana                | *          | *           | *           | *      | 1           | *               | *            | 7                        | *                                        |             8 |
| HimachalPradesh        | 2          | *           | *           | *      | 2           | *               | *            | 123                      | *                                        |           127 |
| Jammuand Kashmir       | 9          | *           | *           | *      | 5           | *               | *            | 40                       | *                                        |            54 |
| Jharkhand              | *          | *           | 25          | 4      | 120         | *               | *            | 11                       | *                                        |           160 |
| Karnataka              | *          | *           | *           | *      | 8           | 4               | *            | 10                       | *                                        |            22 |
| Kerala                 | *          | *           | *           | *      | 5           | *               | *            | 25                       | *                                        |            30 |
| Ladakh                 | 2          | *           | *           | *      |             | *               | *            | 5                        | *                                        |             7 |
| MadhyaPradesh          | *          | *           | *           | *      | 167         | 5               | *            | 136                      | *                                        |           308 |
| Maharashtra            | *          | *           | 8           | 7      | 108         | 14              | *            | 71                       | *                                        |           208 |
| Meghalaya              | *          | *           | *           | *      | *           | 5               | *            | 13                       | *                                        |            18 |
| Mizoram                | *          | *           | *           | *      | *           | *               | *            | 9                        | *                                        |             9 |
| Odisha                 | *          | *           | 45          | 3      | 205         | *               | *            | 10                       | *                                        |           263 |
| Punjab                 | *          | *           | *           | *      | *           | *               | *            | 8                        | *                                        |             8 |
| Rajasthan              | *          | *           | *           | *      | 39          | 15              | *            | 56                       | 7                                        |           117 |
| Sikkim                 | 7          | *           | *           | *      | *           | *               | *            | 106                      | *                                        |           113 |
| TamilNadu              | *          | *           | *           | *      | 6           | *               | *            | 10                       | 17                                       |            33 |
| Telangana              | *          | *           | *           | *      | 36          | 1               | *            | 41                       | 3                                        |            81 |
| Tripura                | *          | *           | *           | *      | 5           | 2               | *            | *                        | *                                        |             7 |
| UttarPradesh           | *          | 4           | 86          | *      | 94          | 8               | *            | 81                       | *                                        |           273 |
| Uttarakhand            | 1          | *           | *           | *      | 3           | 4               | *            | 75                       | *                                        |            83 |
| WestBengal             | *          | *           | *           | *      | 33          | *               | *            | 3                        | *                                        |            36 |
| GrandTotal             | 21         | 5           | 181         | 14     | 1259        | 74              | 3            | 890                      | 36                                       |          2483 |

## Annexure-1

## State-wise Deaths Due to Disastrous Weather Events During 2022:

| STATE/UT          | SNOW FALL   | COLD WAVE   | HEAT WAVE   | SQUALL   | GALE   | DUST STORM   | LIGHTNING   | THUNDER STORM   | HAIL STORM   | FLOODSAND HEAVY RAINS   | CS/CS_RELA TED EVENTS   |   Grand Total |
|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|--------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 51          | *               | *            | 7                       | 1                       |            59 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 7           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | *           | *               | *            | 32                      | *                       |            39 |
| Assam             | *           | *           | *           | *        | 1      | *            | 25          | 33              | *            | 199                     | *                       |           258 |
| Bihar             | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 118         | 297             | *            | 3                       | *                       |           418 |
| Chhattisgarh      | *           | *           | 1           | *        | *      | *            | 46          | 25              | *            | 7                       | *                       |            79 |
| Delhi             | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | *           | 2               | *            | 3                       | *                       |             5 |
| Goa               | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | *           | *               | *            | 2                       | *                       |             2 |
| Gujarat           | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 7           | *               | *            | 24                      | *                       |            31 |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 10          | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 1           | 2               | *            | 75                      | *                       |            88 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 3           | *           | *           | *        | 4      | *            | 7           | *               | *            | 43                      | *                       |            57 |
| Jharkhand         | *           | *           | 1           | *        | 2      | *            | 118         | 4               | *            | 5                       | *                       |           130 |
| Karnataka         | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 33          | *               | *            | 34                      | *                       |            67 |
| Kerala            | *           | *           | *           | *        | 2      | *            | 9           | 1               | *            | 43                      | *                       |            55 |
| Ladakh            | 1           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | *           | *               | *            | *                       | *                       |             1 |
| Madhya Pradesh    | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 115         | 1               | *            | 1                       | *                       |           117 |
| Maharashtra       | *           | 1           | 13          | *        | *      | *            | 81          | 2               | *            | 143                     | *                       |           240 |
| Manipur           | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | *           | *               | *            | 56                      | *                       |            56 |
| Meghalaya         | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 1           | *               | *            | 15                      | *                       |            16 |
| Nagaland          | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | *           | *               | *            | 3                       | *                       |             3 |
| Odisha            | *           | *           | 12          | *        | 2      | *            | 168         | *               | *            | 12                      | *                       |           194 |
| Puducherry        | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | *           | *               | *            | *                       | 1                       |             1 |
| Punjab            | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | *           | *               | *            | 3                       | *                       |             3 |
| Rajasthan         | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 78          | *               | *            | 48                      | *                       |           126 |
| Sikkim            | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 1           | *               | *            | 7                       | *                       |             8 |
| Tamil Nadu        | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 21          | *               | *            | 3                       | 4                       |            28 |
| Telangana         | *           | *           | *           | *        | 1      | *            | 6           | 12              | *            | 26                      | *                       |            45 |
| Tripura           | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 1           | *               | *            | *                       | *                       |             1 |
| Uttar Pradesh     | *           | *           | *           | *        | *      | 22           | 302         | 2               | 32           | 231                     | *                       |           589 |
| Uttarakhand       | 16          | *           | *           | *        | *      | *            | 1           | *               | *            | 13                      | *                       |            30 |
| West Bengal       | *           | *           | 3           | 1        | *      | *            | 4           | 5               | *            | 8                       | *                       |            21 |
| Grand Total       | 37          | 1           | 30          | 1        | 12     | 22           | 1194        | 386             | 32           | 1046                    | 6                       |          2767 |

## State-wise Deaths Due to Disastrous Weather Events During 2021:

| State/UT           | SNOW FALL   | COLD WAVE   | GALE   | DUST STORM   | LIGHTNING (with Thunderstorm)   | THUNDERSTORM   | HAIL STORM   | FLOODS AND HEAVY RAINS   | CYCLONICSTORM / CYCLONE_RELATED EVENTS /   |   Grand Total |
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------------|---------------------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------|
| Andamanand Nicobar | *           | *           | 1      | *            | *                               | *              | *            | *                        | *                                          |             1 |
| Andhra*Pradesh     | *           | *           | *      | *            | *                               | *              | *            | 46                       | 6                                          |            52 |
| Assam              | *           | *           | *      | *            | *                               | *              | *            | 14                       | *                                          |            14 |
| Bihar              | *           | *           | *      | *            | 73                              | 99             | *            | 12                       | 1                                          |           185 |
| Chhattisgarh       | *           | *           | *      | *            | 10                              | 32             | 3            | *                        | *                                          |            45 |
| Delhi              | *           | 3           | *      | *            | *                               | *              | *            | 4                        | *                                          |             7 |
| Goa                | *           | *           | *      | *            | 1                               | *              | *            | 1                        | 3                                          |             5 |
| Gujarat            | *           | *           | *      | *            | 6                               | *              | *            | 7                        | 79                                         |            92 |
| Haryana            | *           | *           | *      | *            | 1                               | *              | *            | *                        | *                                          |             1 |
| HimachalPradesh    | 12          | *           | *      | *            | *                               | *              | *            | 61                       | *                                          |            73 |
| Jammu and Kashmir  | 4           | 2           | *      | *            | 4                               | *              | 1            | 21                       | *                                          |            32 |
| Jharkhand          | *           | *           | *      | *            | 22                              | 35             | *            | *                        | 3                                          |            60 |
| Karnataka          | *           | *           | *      | *            | 3                               | 1              | *            | 33                       | 8                                          |            45 |
| Kerala             | *           | *           | *      | *            | 5                               | *              | *            | 53                       | 9                                          |            67 |
| Madhya Pradesh     | *           | 1           | 1      | *            | 158                             | 2              | *            | 34                       | *                                          |           196 |
| Maharashtra        | *           | 3           | *      | *            | 84                              | 2              | *            | 217                      | 56                                         |           362 |
| Odisha             | *           | *           | 3      | *            | 213                             | *              | *            | 3                        | 4                                          |           223 |
| Puducherry         | *           | *           | *      | *            | *                               | *              | *            | 1                        | *                                          |             1 |
| Rajasthan          | *           | *           | *      | *            | 49                              | *              | *            | 14                       | *                                          |            63 |
| Sikkim             | *           | *           | *      | *            | *                               | *              | *            | 2                        | *                                          |             2 |
| Tamil Nadu         | *           | *           | *      | *            | 15                              | *              | *            | 28                       | *                                          |            43 |
| Telangana          | *           | *           | *      | *            | 7                               | *              | *            | 15                       | 3                                          |            25 |
| Uttar Pradesh      | *           | 2           | *      | 5            | 43                              | 6              | *            | 42                       | *                                          |            98 |
| Uttrakhand         | 15          | *           | *      | *            | *                               | *              | *            | 138                      | *                                          |           153 |
| West Bengal        | *           | *           | *      | *            | 61                              | 3              | *            | 33                       | 2                                          |            99 |
| Grand Total        | 31          | 11          | 5      | 5            | 755                             | 180            | 4            | 779                      | 174                                        |          1944 |

State-wise Deaths Due to Disastrous Weather Events During 2020:

| State/UT          | Cold Wave   | Cyclonic Storm / Cyclone_Related Events   | Dust Storm   | Floods and Heavy Rains   | Gale   | Heat Wave   | Lightning   | Saquall   | Snowfall   | Thunderstorm   |   Grand Total |
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|--------|-------------|-------------|-----------|------------|----------------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | *           | 9                                         | *            | 20                       | *      | *           | 20          | * *       |            | *              |            49 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | *           | *                                         | *            | 12                       | *      | *           | *           | *         | *          | *              |            12 |
| Assam             | *           | *                                         | *            | 129                      | *      | *           | *           | *         | *          | *              |           129 |
| Bihar             | 54          | *                                         | *            | 54                       | *      | 2           | 98          | *         | *          | 186            |           394 |
| Chhattisgarh      | *           | *                                         | *            | *                        | *      | *           | 12          | *         | *          | 17             |            29 |
| Gujarat           | *           | *                                         | *            | 106                      | *      | *           | 9           | *         | *          | *              |           115 |
| Harayana          | *           | *                                         | *            | 1                        | *      | *           | *           | *         | *          | *              |             1 |
| Himachal Pradesh  | *           | *                                         | *            | 38                       | *      | *           | *           | *         | 4          | *              |            42 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | *           | *                                         | *            | 13                       | 3      | *           | 5           | *         | 17         | *              |            38 |
| Jharkhand         | 16          | *                                         | *            | 4                        | *      | *           | *           | 6         | *          | 126            |           152 |
| Karnataka         | *           | *                                         | *            | 148                      | 1      | *           | 15          | *         | *          | *              |           164 |
| Kerala            | *           | *                                         | *            | 78                       | 6      | 1           | 2           | *         | *          | 1              |            88 |
| Madhya Pradesh    | *           | *                                         | *            | 10                       | *      | *           | 72          | *         | *          | 7              |            89 |
| Maharashtra       | *           | 6                                         | *            | 59                       | *      | 6           | 42          | *         | *          | 1              |           114 |
| Meghalaya         | *           | *                                         | *            | 12                       | *      | *           | *           | *         | *          | *              |            12 |
| Nagaland          | *           | *                                         | *            | 7                        | *      | *           | *           | *         | *          | *              |             7 |
| New Delhi         | *           | *                                         | *            | 1                        | *      | *           | *           | *         | *          | *              |             1 |
| Odisha            | *           | 4                                         | *            | 38                       | 3      | 16          | 278         | *         | *          | *              |           339 |
| Punjab            | *           | *                                         | *            | 2                        | *      | *           | *           | *         | *          | *              |             2 |
| Rajasthan         | 3           | *                                         | 14           | 18                       | *      | *           | 4           | *         | *          | *              |            39 |
| Sikkim            | *           | *                                         | *            | 5                        | *      | *           | *           | *         | 1          | 1              |             7 |
| Tamil Nadu        | *           | 14                                        | *            | *                        | *      | *           | 9           | *         | *          | *              |            23 |
| Telangana         | *           | *                                         | *            | 63                       | *      | *           | 6           | *         | *          | *              |            69 |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 88          | *                                         | *            | 24                       | *      | *           | 77          | *         | *          | 167            |           356 |
| Uttarakhand       | 1           | *                                         | *            | 8                        | *      | *           | *           | *         | *          | *              |             9 |
| West Bengal       | *           | 86                                        | *            | 145                      | *      | *           | 3           | *         | *          | *              |           234 |
| Grand Total       | 162         | 119                                       | 14           | 995                      | 13     | 25          | 652         | 6         | 22         | 506            |          2514 |

## State-wise Deaths Due to Disastrous Weather Events During 2019:

| State/UT          | Cold Wave   | Cyclonic Storm / Cyclone_Related Events   | Dust Storm   | Floods and Heavy Rains   | Gale   | Hailstor m   | Heat Wave   | Lightning   | Snowfal l   | Squall   | Thunder storm   |   Grand Total |
|-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|--------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | *           | *                                         | *            | *                        | *      | *            | 45          | * *         | *           | *        |                 |            45 |
| Assam             | *           | *                                         | *            | 94                       | *      | *            | *           | 15          | *           | * 11     |                 |           120 |
| Bihar             | 19          | *                                         | *            | 306                      | *      | *            | 293         | *           | *           | *        | 72              |           690 |
| Chhattisgarh      | *           | *                                         | *            | 4                        | *      | *            | *           | 2           | *           | *        | 16              |            22 |
| Goa               | *           | *                                         | *            | 1                        | *      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | *               |             1 |
| Gujarat           | *           | *                                         | *            | 150                      | *      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | 10              |           160 |
| Himachal Pradesh  | *           | *                                         | *            | 26                       | *      | *            | *           | *           | 8           | *        | *               |            34 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | *           | *                                         | *            | *                        | *      | *            | *           | *           | 7           | *        | 3               |            10 |
| Jharkhand         | 13          | *                                         | *            | 5                        | *      | *            | 13          | *           | *           | 2        | 126             |           159 |
| Karnataka         | *           | *                                         | *            | 30                       | *      | *            | *           | 21          | *           | *        | 8               |            59 |
| Kerala            | *           | *                                         | *            | 75                       | 2      | *            | 14          | 4           | *           | *        | *               |            95 |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 12          | *                                         | *            | 21                       | *      | 2            | *           | 26          | *           | *        | *               |            61 |
| Maharashtra       | 7           | *                                         | *            | 145                      | *      | *            | 53          | 65          | *           | *        | 2               |           272 |
| Manipur           | *           | *                                         | *            | *                        | *      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | 3               |             3 |
| Mizoram           | *           | *                                         | *            | 5                        | *      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | *               |             5 |
| Odisha            | *           | 53                                        | *            | 10                       | 1      | *            | 9           | 239         | *           | 1        | *               |           313 |
| Punjab            | *           | *                                         | *            | 14                       | *      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | *               |            14 |
| Rajasthan         | *           | *                                         | 25           | 82                       | *      | *            | 3           | 5           | *           | *        | 15              |           130 |
| Sikkim            | *           | *                                         | *            | 1                        | *      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | *               |             1 |
| Tamil Nadu        | *           | *                                         | *            | 20                       | 1      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | *               |            21 |
| Telangana         | *           | *                                         | *            | 10                       | 2      | *            | 66          | 7           | *           | *        | *               |            85 |
| Tripura           | *           | *                                         | *            | 2                        | *      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | 1               |             3 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | *           | *                                         | *            | 21                       | *      | *            | *           | *           | 32          | *        | *               |            53 |
| Ladakh            | *           | *                                         | *            | 1                        | *      | *            | *           | *           | 18          | *        | *               |            19 |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 240         | *                                         | *            | 18                       | *      | *            | 9           | 26          | *           | *        | 64              |           357 |
| Uttarakhand       | *           | *                                         | *            | 33                       | *      | *            | *           | *           | *           | *        | *               |            33 |
| West Bengal       | *           | 7                                         | *            | 223                      | *      | *            | *           | 5           | *           | *        | 17              |           252 |
| Grand Total       | 291         | 60                                        | 25           | 1297                     | 6      | 2            | 505         | 415         | 65          | 3        | 348             |          3017 |

The Symbol * indicates NIL / NOT REPORTED

The above information is sourced by IMD from media reports and reports from government Disaster Management Authorities.

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