Calamity Watch: We should not allow natural disasters to make us blind

Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limit all rights reserved. Undoubtedly, climate change has a lot to do with the rising frequency of extreme weather events – not only in India, but also worldwide. (Pti) Summary Northern India’s hilly zones had one flood after another in August. As the climate changes and extreme reflections inevitably increase, we need better risk monitoring, much greater preparedness and rapid relief efforts to minimize the loss of life. Even while celebrating an above-average monsoon, there is a turn: the death and destruction that brought storm rain into some parts of India to their weaving, especially areas that are ecologically fragile and the least capable of dealing with it, such as our Himalayan belt. August began with the disturbing news of a flash flow and landslide that the village of Dharali flattened in Uttarakhand. Subsequent days, there is a flurry of reports on different gravity from all over the country, with a heavy rainfall destroying in hilly regions. Jammu is the latest example. Since we are still a few weeks away from the refuge of the monsoon, we cannot exclude the possibility of further fears of this nature. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Northern India has recorded its wettest Monsonian since 2013, a year remembered for the Kedarnath Flash Flash. In the first 25 days of this month, the north had 21 events of extraordinary heavy rain, the highest since the IMD began collecting this data in 2021 and 50% more than in the same month last year, which was the wettest August in 28 years. Also read: Climate residence expenses can make up a new wave of businesses, and climate change has a lot to do with the rising frequency of extreme weather events – not only in India, but also worldwide. Remember Julie’s flash floods in Texas, vs, which took at least 135 lives. According to the United Nations Office for Reducing Ram Pricist, climate-related disasters almost doubled from 1980-1999 to 2000-2019. In the words of the UN Secretary -General António Guterres: “Climate change is the defining issue of our time … Every day we don’t act is a day when we walk a little closer to a lot that none of us want -a lot that will resonate by generations in the damage to humanity and life on earth.” Also read: Mint Quick Edit | Uttarakhand Flash Flood: Climate’s The Big Culprit unfortunately, the US withdrawal in January from the Paris Treaty of 2015 has hampered all hope of global cooperation on this front. Today it is every country for itself. This means that we need to double our efforts to reduce the effects of global warming through better monitoring of atmospheric conditions and greater preparedness for bad weather that can leave a trace of devastation. What makes the case worse is that we are largely just the blame. It is well known that the Himalayas are sensitive to rising heat levels that lead to glaciers withdrawing and doing cloudbars, which is the hilly terrain increasingly prone to landslides and water pigs. Unsopided construction, often contrary to law, water power and road projects in fragile zones and relentless tourist pressures, exacerbated the problem. According to a report by the Statistics Ministry, Envistats 2025, India recorded 3.080 deaths on human people due to extreme natural events in 2024-25, the highest in a decade and a 17% increase of 2,616 in 2023-24. The absence of an extensive network of automatic weather stations and poor real -time risk detection leads to late reactions and an inability to warn or evacuate people in advance. Also read: India’s ram risk financing must develop as new options emerge, but lives can be saved with better early warning and disasters reaction systems. Our National Disaster Management Authority, which was erected after the Asian Tsunami in 2004, was upgraded and its focus was expanded. Isro’s Nisar satellite project is expected to monitor NASA climate change in ways that can help map risks and predict disasters. But we also need long -term plans to restore fragile ecological zones and the creation of natural buffers around all development projects. In total, we need faster relief and rescue efforts to reduce the loss of life. Catch all the business news, market news, news reports and latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. More Topics #Climate Change #Natural Disaster #Disaster Management Read Next Story