ND : Extreme weather events in india - NATCOM

India's first national communication (NATCOM 1) has highlighted some observed changes and some changes to be occurring in future times in India. The changes in the weather in India are a serious point to think about in this concern.

Change in trends in different region :

According to the instrument records, there is not any indication of marked long term in the frequencies of large scale droughts and floods in the past 130 years. however, more frequent droughts have been observed in multi-decadal period, which were followed by less severe droughts. There has been an increase in the trend of severe storms along the coast. The events were rated 0.011 per year. This increase was found along the coast of Gujarat and West Bengal. However a decrease in the trend has been found along the coast of Orissa.