Several Natural Calamities are taking place around the globe, possibly caused by Climate Change, adding more trouble and horror to the experiences of the public already suffering from the ongoing Global Pandemic of Coronavirus.
In India
Landslides
12% of the Indian mainland is inclined to Landslides. Within eight months of 2021, India has seen more than 61 Landslides, causing many damages and losses. Most of the Landslides occur in mountain areas.
- Heavy rain-induced the landslides that emerged in the Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand.
- A Landslide in Badseri village in the Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh led to the casualty of more than nine people as it fell and hit their vehicle and the other few Passersby.
- A series of Landslides transpired in Vikhroli and Chembur, the suburban neighborhood of Mumbai, on July 18. The cause of the landslide that caused the tragedy is said to be Heavy Rainfall with 32 casualties and five non-fatal injuries.
Floods
Maharashtra
A procession of floods across the State of Maharashtra in July 2022 caused the death of around 250 people and 100 went missing in the flood and the landslides.
The heavy rain started on July 22 2021, in Maharashtra, on July 23, it was reported that Maharashtra had seen the highest Rainfall in July in 40 years.
The most affected regions were Raigad, Sindhudurg, Sanli, Ratnagiri and Kolhapur.
More than 1020 villages were evacuated, and more than 28,700 poultry deaths and around 300 other animal deaths were said to occur due to the flood, destroying the 2 lakh hectares of crops.
The damages in infrastructure, communication supplies, power supply, and reach to drinkable water were also seen in the region.
Uttarakhand
On 7th Feb, flooding began to emerge on the outer Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand state, caused by an ice avalanche and a significant rock containing substances ejected from the Ronti Peak.
The Chamoli Disaster caused flooding in the Rishiganga river, Alaknanda, and Dhauliganga rivers.
The incident caused casualties of 83 and a missing of 121; most were the employees working at the Tapovan Dam site. Several villages were evacuated as authorities vacated the 2 Dams further down the river.
Gujrat
The Saurashtra flood arose following a heavy rainfall starting on September 12 around the Saurashtra region of Gujrat. The flood resulted in the deaths of 6.
Jamnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, and the districts of Saurashtra were affected, damaging several Infrastructures.
Earthquakes
On April 28, an earthquake of magnitude of 6.0 and the Richter scale magnitude of 6.4 arose
in Assam, striking at a depth of 34 kilometres, 140 kilometres away from the city of Guwahati. The disaster resulted in fatalities of 2 and injuries of 12.
Cyclones
Tauktae
Cyclone Tauktae, formed on May 14, approached the state Gujarat on may 17th and dispersed on May 19, leading to the casualties of 174 and missing 81.
The Cyclone affected Dadra and Nagar Haveli And Daman and Diu, Gujrat, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Lakshadweep, Delhi, Haryana, and Rajasthan.
The Tauktae Cyclone is said to become the most robust tropical Cyclone in the state of Gujarat since the 1998 Gujarat Cyclone and marked its occurrence as one of the strongest tropical cyclones to ever affect the west coast of India.
Yaas
Cyclone Yaas emerged on May 23 on the landfall of Odisha and lasted till MaMay 28ausing fatalities of 20. The Cyclone affected the areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
Yaas was the second cyclonic severe storm that hit the North Indian Ocean in 2021, causing an estimated Rs. 610 crore damage in the state Odisha.
Gulab and Shaheen
Gulab and Shaheen Cyclones were tropical cyclones that ravaged South and West Asia. Shaheen had affected countries like Pakistan, Oman, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates, while the Gulab Cyclone was the one that had impacted East India. Emerged around 24th Sep Gulab
The Cyclone had lasted till September 28, affecting the Indian states Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Telangana.
The Rest of The World
- On January 15th magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island just before 1.30 a.m. local time.
- In mid-February consecutive winter storms hit across the U.S. leaving extensive power Outages. Leaving several communities suffering from back-to-back disasters.
- La Soufrière, one of the most active volcanoes on earth that is situated on the highest point in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, erupted during February, leading to April.
- Cyclone Seroja, with its devastating rain and high winds, caused flooding in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. This Cyclone then made landfall in Australia, damaging several lives and properties.
- Western Europe was hit by a significant storm between July 14-15, leading to flash flooding and severe damage to life and property.
- Flooding and Typhoons in China, the rainstorm started between July 17-20, followed by two typhoons.
- Several Wildfires around the globe relating to record-breaking heat and associated droughts.
- Haiti Earthquake and Tropical Storm Grace.
- 2021 unfolded with an above-average hurricane season, again.
- Adding to these natural disasters, several Humanitarian crises have risen around the globe relating to the scarcity of resources and social unrest against the government.
