Four radars, four new initiatives and nine publications along with a promise to further improve the accuracy of forecast - both intensity wise and spatial distribution wise - to fight the increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events marked the 147th foundation day of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday.
Four radars, four new initiatives and nine publications along with a promise to further improve the accuracy of forecast - both intensity wise and spatial distribution wise - to fight the increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events .
Cyclones affected more than 11 lakh ha of farm area in 2020
April 12, 2021
Amphan made maximum damage to the area under crops during the year.
The four cyclones affected around 11.5 lakh hectares of area under agriculture and horticulture in the country. Of this, nearly 50 per cent (5.82 lakh ha) of the area under crops were affected by
Amphan during the year.
Amphan in West Bengal, followed by Odisha at 0.11 ha.
According to ‘Report on Cyclonic Disturbances of North Indian Ocean during 2020’ by the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (RSMC), there were nine cyclonic disturbances (CDs) depressions and cyclones over the North Indian Ocean (NIO) and adjoining land regions during 2020 against the long period average (LPA) of 12 disturbances per year based on data of 1961-2019.