agencies in india responsible for warning natural disasters
National Disaster Management Authority
title: India Meteorological Department text: India Meteorological Department The India Meteorological Department (IMD), also referred to as the "Met Department", is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquartered in Delhi and operates hundreds of observation stations across India and Antarctica.Regional offices are at Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur and Pune. IMD is also one of the six Regional Specialised Meteorological Centres of the World Meteorological Organization. It has the responsibility for forecasting, naming and distribution of warnings for tropical cyclones in the Northern Indian Ocean title: Operation Surya Hope text: has an elaborate multi-tier and multi-agency natural disaster and flood Early Warning (EW) system, both at the Central and the State levels. Federal nodal agencies responsible for providing EW are: Out of all the agencies above, only the India Meteorological Department warned of the tsunami that struck Uttarakhand in June 2013. The Central Water Commission, under the Union Ministry of Water Resources, made its first flood forecast for the year for Uttarakhand after the event on 18 June which impacted Rishikesh and Haridwar. The IMD's warnings had little effect, and few moved to safer places. Both the state and central title: Natural disasters in India text: Natural disasters in India Natural disasters in India, many of them related to the climate of India, cause massive losses of life and property. Droughts, flash floods, cyclones, avalanches, landslides brought on by torrential rains, and snowstorms pose the greatest threats. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslides, hurricanes etc. In order to be classified as a disaster it will have profound environmental effect and/or human loss and frequently incurs financial loss. Other dangers include frequent summer dust storms, which usually track from north to south; they cause extensive property damage in North India and title: Tropical cyclone warnings and watches text: naming of systems is deferred to the Mauritius and Madagascar weather services. The IMD issues warnings in four stages for the Indian coast. Cyclonic storm conditions mean what winds in excess of 63 km/h (39 mph) are possible. The United States Department of Defense uses a multi-stage system called the Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness otherwise known as the Hurricane Condition of Readiness , to prepare bases and evacuate assets and personnel in advance of adverse weather associated with tropical cyclones. TC-CORs are recommended by weather facilities either on base or by central sites like the National Hurricane Center or title: Natural disasters in India text: caused by heat waves, according to data published by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. Indian Meteorological Department declared that the storm that hit northern India in May 2018 was severe and their frequency could increase due to global warming. This is due to increase in the intensity of the wind and dryness of the soil which increases the intensity of dust storms. The rise in land surface temperature will be more pronounced in the northern part of India. A recent study reports that summers could last up to 8 months in the Gangetic plain by 2070 if