Thousands of people lost their lives due to bad weather
The effect of global warming is clearly visible in the country. Over the past few years, many parts of the country are experiencing heat, cold, and excessive precipitation. A shocking report has emerged about the scorching heat and heavy rains in the country. According to the report, more than 3,200 people lost their lives due to several incidents of extreme heat and heavy rains in the first nine months of 2024. 2. More than 3 lakh houses were destroyed. This shocking report is from the Delhi-based think tank Center for Science and Environment (CSE).
India has faced the worst weather events in the first nine months of the year 2024, i.e. 255 days out of 274. The report states that extreme heat, heavy rain and landslides killed 3,238 people. This has affected 3.2 million hectares (MHA) of crops. Heavy rains destroyed 2,35,862 houses and buildings and killed 9,457 cattle.
By comparison, 235 of 273 days of extreme weather were recorded in the first nine months of 2023. In this, 2,923 deaths were recorded. 1. 84 million hectares of crops were affected. A year ago, that is, in the year 2023, 80,293 houses were damaged. 92,519 animals were sacrificed.
Analysts presenting the report said that Madhya Pradesh experienced 176 days of extremely bad weather in 9 months of the year 2024, which is the highest in the country. Kerala recorded the highest number of deaths at 550. Following this, 353 people lost their lives in Madhya Pradesh and 256 in Assam.
Most of the houses were damaged in Andhra Pradesh due to heavy rains. Here this number was 85,806. 142 days of bad weather were recorded in Maharashtra. More than 60 percent of the affected agricultural area in the entire country was covered here. According to the report, 27 states and union territories experienced an increase in extreme weather days in 2024. This led to 40 or more additional days of such incidents in Karnataka, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.
Many climate records were also set in the year 2024. January was the ninth driest month in India since 1901. In February, the country recorded its second highest minimum temperature in 123 years. May recorded the fourth highest average temperature ever recorded. July, August and September recorded their highest minimum temperatures since 1901.
January was the second driest month in the northwestern part of the country. The region recorded the second highest minimum temperature in July. The south of the peninsula experienced the warmest February on record. This was followed by exceptionally warm and dry weather in March and April. In July it rained 36.5 percent more. The second highest minimum temperature was recorded in August.
CSE director general Sunita Narayan said the record numbers reflect the impact of climate change. Where before events used to happen once in every century. They now occur every five years or less. According to the report, 1,376 people died due to flooding, while 1,021 people lost their lives due to lightning and storms. The heat wave killed 210 people.
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