Nayak, Shailesh
(2021)
Addressing resilience to cyclones - a perspective.
Current Science, 120 (2).
pp. 247-248.
ISSN 0011-3891
| Abstract: |
Cyclone is one of the major natural hazards that threatens
human lives, livestock, agriculture, infrastructure, buildings,
forest and wild life in coastal areas. As the Bay of
Bengal basin is more prone to cyclogenesis compared to
the Arabian Sea, the East coast of India has been more
vulnerable to cyclones than the West coast. During the
last two decades or so, the intensity of cyclones has increased
mainly over the North Indian Ocean. It could be
attributed to warming of seas among other factors. The
stronger winds resulted in higher storm surges and waves,
which led to deeper inundation of inland areas and made
coastal regions highly vulnerable. We have to live with
the hazards of cyclones and prepare ourselves to build resilience,
especially to save lives. The impacts of cyclones
are through strong winds, storm surges, heavy rainfall and
floods. Hence, in order to build effective response mechanism,
we need to assess our vulnerability to such events. |
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Journal Paper
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| Keywords: |
Cyclones, cyclone monitoring, cyclone preparedness |
| Subjects: |
General > Directors > Shailesh Nayak > Publications |
| Date Deposited: |
25 Jan 2021 11:30 |
| Last Modified: |
25 Jan 2021 11:31 |
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http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/2052 |
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