Weather: India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Mrityunjay Mahapatra has said that India is helping Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh as well as Mauritius in developing early warning systems so that they can protect themselves from adverse weather events. To reduce the loss of goods. Speaking to PTI editors, IMD Director General Mohapatra said India will play the role of a big brother and an advisor to Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Mauritius in their efforts to mitigate the impact of adverse weather events. India’s efforts are part of the ‘Early Warning for All’ announced by the United Nations in 2022 which aims to ensure that everyone is protected from hazardous weather, water or climate-related events through early warning systems by the end of 2027. Could.
India is helping five countries- IMD Chief
Mohapatra said India is helping five of the 30 countries identified across the world under the first phase of the initiative to set up early warning systems. The IMD chief said, “Fifty percent of the countries do not have early warning systems. Poor countries, least developed countries and small island states – for example the Maldives and Seychelles – do not have the ability to provide early warning about extreme weather events. Because of this, people are dying due to disasters and property is also getting damaged. He said that these countries need financial and technical assistance to increase their meteorological observations. According to Mohapatra, financial assistance will be provided through public-private partnerships and countries like India have promised to provide technical assistance.
Access to numerical models will also be allowed
The IMD chief said that we will help these five countries to set up meteorological observatories and allow them access to our numerical models. Mohapatra said the IMD will provide forecast and warning information and communication ministries of the respective countries have been involved to help develop a system for data exchange and warning information. According to a report released in December by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 101 countries (52 percent) now have early warning systems. WMO data shows that between 1970 and 2019, the number of weather and climate-related disasters The number has increased five times. Water-related disasters have become the most common globally, while tropical cyclones cause the most damage to people and economies.
12 thousand disasters took the lives of more than 20 lakh people
Between 1970 and 2021, about 12 thousand weather, climate or water related disasters occurred in the world due to which more than 2 million people died and there was a loss of 4300 billion US dollars. According to official reports, about 41,789 people died annually from disasters between 2015 and 2022. In Asia, from 2013 to 2022, more than 1.46 lakh people lost their lives due to disasters and more than 91.1 crore people were directly affected. It is estimated that by 2030 the world may face 560 medium to large scale disasters every year.
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