NATURAL DISASTER IN INDIASUBMITTED BY:ANJALI 12644RISHABH 12645BADAR12646PARIKSHIT 11641DISASTER MANAGEMENTAdisasterisanaturalorman-madehazardresultinginaneventofsubstantialextentcausingsignificantphysicaldamageordestruction,lossoflife,ordrasticchangetotheenvironment.1.Natural disasters:. Landslides. Tsunamis. Floods. torm. Forestfire. !arth"ua#es. $rought. ThunderstormsandLightning2. Man-made disasters:.Building Collapse.Serial Bomb Blasts.Deforestation.Road/Train aidents.!lane ras".!o#er ser$ie disruption and bla%out.&arsM'('R'S(TR' )*++DS B,('R )*++D The%&&'(iharflood,)hichstartedinthemonthofAugust%&&*. +tisbelievedtobethe)orstfloodin(iharinlast,&years. (yAugust,,theestimateddeathtoll)as-.people,and-'schoolgirls)eremaroonedinaschoolinthe$arbhangadistrict. anestimated.&millionpeoplein(iharhadbeenaffectedbyflooding.$ate- %/0uly%&&1 Atleast1,&&&peopledied. Thefloods)erecausedbytheeighthheaviesteverrecorded%--hourrainfallfigureof22-mm3,2..inches4. Thefloodscausedadirectlossofabout5s.11&crore 1%localtrainsdamaged ,*,&&&autoric#sha)sspoiled -,&&&taxisdamaged 2&&busesdamaged .&,&&&truc#sandtemposgrounded*-( )*++D The%&.&LehfloodsoccurredonAugust/,%&.&inLehinthestateof6ammu7#ashmir. Atleast%%1peopledied,andthousands)erein0ured. Thousandsmore)ererenderedhomelessaccordingtogovernmentofficials. %&&people)erestillmissingfollo)ingthefloods. maximumtotalrainfallinsome./0'R'T )*++Dplaces)ereashighas%1&mm. The%&&18u0aratFlood)asaboutofma0orfloodingaffectingmanypartsof8u0aratand)ascausedbyheavymonsoonrainsin6une%&&1. About.1,&&&people)ereevacuatedfromthecoastalregions. 9n6une,&,thestate)asputonhighalert.:ostoftheairportsandtrainsinthestate)erenotoperational. Asof6uly%thedeathtoll)asabout.%,peoplestate)ideandmorethan%1&,&&&evacuated. Thereliefpac#ageisestimatedtobeover5s.'&&&crore1-D'RN'T(2 /TT'R'1('ND Accordingtotheofficialrecords-&&houses)eredestroyedand%/1)eredamaged. -,%&&villages)erevictimsofthefloods. /,&&&people)eredead,.&,&&& )erein0uredand .,&&,&&&)erestuc#inthevalley. %&,&&&croresloss)asreported,)hichmaybeintheformofdestructionofhousesroads,carsetc.''S'M )*++D2 S,NC- 1334 The(rahmaputrariverisflo)ingabovethedangerlevelin6orhatandat$hubriinLo)erAssam. .%.peopledead,1&&;azirangaanimals#illed,over%la#hpeople)erebadlyhitin%,affecteddistricts. ,,&&&villageshavebeensubmergedduetofloods. Therehasbeenanincreaseof%'percentinrainfall1%'mmagainstnormalrainfall-.,mm)asrecorded.+nyear%&&1-