GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4376
TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 30TH MARCH, 2022
NATURAL CALAMITIES
4376. SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:
SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:
SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:
SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:
SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:
Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:
the State-wise number of natural calamities witnessed during the last one decade particularly in West Bengal?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AND EARTH SCIENCES
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
The numbers of natural calamities witnessed in the last one decade over the country with specific details for West Bengal are given in Annexure.
Annexure
Extreme Weather Events recorded over the country for the period 2010-2021
YEAR SNOWFALL COLD WAVE HEAT WAVE SQUALL GALE DUST STORM LIGHTNING THUNDERSTORM HAILSTORM FLOODS AND HEAVY RAINS CYCLONIC STORM TOTAL
(WHOLE YEAR)
2021 20 11 4 5 730 61 1 760 174 1766
2020 22 162 25 6 13 14 652 506 995 119 2514
2019 65 291 505 3 6 25 415 348 2 1297 60 3017
2018 18 280 33 8 237 342 655 8 1099 157 2837
2017 38 51 375 15 11 5 840 289 4 1077 46 2751
2016 22 42 510 8 3 11 670 216 28 714 34 2258
2015 12 18 2081 1 5 30 498 324 39 917 94 4019
2014 62 58 547 9 3 51 352 246 35 953 46 2362
2013 30 271 1433 1 3 1 326 327 54 5528 50 8024
2012 31 139 729 5 5 5 434 190 395 61 1994
2011 14 722 12 4 21 177 331 654 46 1981
2010 25 450 269 3 41 431 373 45 1058 22 2717
Extreme Weather Events recorded in West Bengal for the period 2010-2021
YEAR COLD WAVE HEAT WAVE SQUALL DUST STORM LIGHTNING THUNDERSTORM HAILSTORM FLOODS AND HEAVY RAINS CYCLONIC STORM TOTAL
(WHOLE YEAR)
2021 58 26 2 86
2020 3 145 86 234
2019 5 17 223 7 252
2018 6 192 3 201
2017 2 7 8 35 78 130
2016 4 11 3 7 13 7 45
2015 14 11 16 44 69 154
2014 19 2 10 98 1 130
2013 13 4 136 153
2012 4 143 157 16 4 324
2011 23 10 47 11 91
2010 1 18 38 82 3 7 149
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