This document provides an overview of disaster and climate risk scenarios in India and the state of Assam. It begins with the objectives of building an understanding of past disasters in India and Assam and those affecting schools. It then outlines various topics to be covered, including global disaster trends from 1900-2014, major disasters in India from 1980-2017, top natural disasters in India from 2005-2016 sorted by deaths and affected people, and economic damage. It also discusses hazard profiles of Assam and India, disaster risk reduction, climate change, impacts of increased climate change, and examples of disasters in Assam and the importance of safe schools in South Asia.

1. Bibhuti Bhusan Gadnayak
UNICEF
Axom Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan
Assam
Indian Red Cross Society-ASB
Assam
Assam State Disaster
Management Authority
Assam
October 1,
2017
DISASTER & CLIMATE
RISK SCENARIO IN
INDIA & ASSAM – A
FACTUAL OVER VIEW
D AT E : 1 S T N O V. 2 0 1 7 - K O K R AJ H AR , AS S AM

2. To build an understanding on
past disasters that has taken
place in India and Assam.
To know about the prime
disasters affecting schools in
Objectives of the session

3. Global natural disaster trends from 1900 to 2014
Major disasters in India (1980-2016)
Top 10 natural disasters in India for the period 2005 to 2016
Top 10 natural disasters in India for the period 2005 to 2016 sorted by no. of
total affected people
Top 10 natural disasters in India for the period 2005 to 2013 sorted by
economic damage cost
Percentage of people affected by different disasters in India Estimate
economic damage reported by disaster type
Hazard profile of Assam & India
Hazard profile of Assam
Disaster Risk Reduction
Aspects of DRR
What is Climate Change ?
Alaska Columbia glacier recedes rapidly
Increased Climate Change Threat
Manipur earthquake fresh in blood
The unforgettable pilgrimage 2013
Assam Floods in 2016 ………impact
Assam Floods in 2017 ………recent impact
Why is Safe Schools important in South Asia?
CONTENTS

4. Global natural disaster trends from
1900 to 2014

5. Map Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Major_Disasters_in_India.jpg
Major disasters in India (1980-
2017)1984 Bhopal Gas
tragedy
1991 Oct. Earthquake,
Uttarkasi
1993 Sept.
Earthquake Latur
1999 April Earthquake,
Chamoli
1999 Oct. Super Cyclone,
Odisha
2001 Jan.
Earthquake, Bhuj
2004 Dec. Tsunami- Andaman
Nicobor, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh,
Tamilnadu
2009 May Cyclone
Aila, WB
2010 Aug.
Cloudburst, Leh
2011 Sept. Earthquake,
Sikkim
2012 Flood,
Assam
2013 June Flood
Uttarakhand
2014 Sept. Floods,
J & K
2015 July, Flood, Gujrat –

6. Source-EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université Catholique de
Louvain – Brussels – Belgium accessed on 18th June, 2016
No. Type of Hazard Date No. of
killed
1
Flood
12th June,
2013 6054
2 Extreme
temperature 20th May,2015 2248
3
Earthquake
8th October,
2005 1309
4 Flood 24th July, 2005 1200
5 Flood 3rd July, 2007 1103
6
Flood
11th June,
2008 1063
7 Flood July, 2009 992
Top 10 natural disasters in India for the
period 2005 to 2016

7. No
.
Disast
er
Date No. of total
affected
1 Drough
t January, 2016 300000000
2 Flood 24th July, 2005 20000055
3 Flood 3rd July, 2007 18700000
4 Flood 15th July, 2015 13709887
5
Storm
12th
October,2013 13230000
6 Flood 12th July, 2007 11100000
7
Flood
11th June,
2008 7900000
8 22nd
Source-EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université
Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium accessed on 18th June, 2016
Top 10 natural disasters in India for the period 2005
to 2016
sorted by no. of total affected people

8. No Disaster Date Damage (000
US$)
1
Flood
September,
2014 16000000
2
Storm
12th October,
2014 7000000
3 Flood 28th July, 2006 3390000
4 Flood 24th July, 2005 3330000
5 Flood 28th June, 2005 2300000
6
Flood
8th November,
2015 2200000
7 25th September,Source-EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université Catholique de
Louvain – Brussels – Belgium accessed on 18th June, 2016
Top 10 natural disasters in India for the period 2005 to
2013 sorted by economic damage cost

9. Percentage of people affected by
different disasters in India

10. Estimate economic damage reported by
disaster type

11. Assam India
Land
area
78,438 km² 3.287 m.
km²
Earthqu
ake
100% 57 %
Flood 40% 11.2 %
River
erosion
7%
Cyclone Dhubri, Dhemaji, and
Sointpur are prone to
cyclone
7516 km
Drought 28 %
Fire North Chachar hills,
Hazard profile of Assam
& India

12. Major hazards:
 Flooding: is a regular devastating phenomenon
with an average loss of Rs 200 crore every year.
 Earthquake: The entire state is coming under Zone
V
 Seasonal Storms: Convective Storms including
hailstorms, squalls, lightening and thundering are
common
 Landslides in hilly areas including the capital city
 Communal, religious and ethnic violence and
Hazard profile of Assam “You
name it and we have it”

13. DRR aims to reduce the damage caused by natural
hazards like; earthquakes, floods, droughts and
cyclones, through an ethic of prevention.
DRR is the concept and practice of reducing disaster
risks through
systematic efforts to analyze and reduce the causal factors
of disasters
reducing exposure to hazards,
lessening vulnerability of people and property,bibhuti.undmt@gmail.com
Disaster Risk
ReductionTHERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A 'NATURAL' DISASTER, ONLY
NATURAL HAZARDS.

14. DRR………?:
bibhuti.undmt@gmail.com

15. Disaster Mitigation: Structural and non-structural
measures
Early warning: The provision of timely information
enabling people to take steps to reduce the impact of
hazards.
Disaster Preparedness
Recovery: Assessing levels of future risk when
planning housing projects in the aftermath of a
disaster.
Aspects of DRR.

16. Climate Change means significant difference in weather pattern
over an extended period of time
Scientific consensus links current climate change
primarily;
 emissions of carbon dioxide and other
 greenhouse gases from human activity, such as;
 the burning of fossil fuels,
 loss of forests and unsustainable production and
 consumption in the industrialized world
The effects include higher global temperatures,
 an increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and
 related natural disasters,
 severe impacts to the sustainability of ecosystems.
What is Climate
Change ?

17. One of the most dramatic ways we're transforming the planet is
through global warming. And a great place to see its effects is through
the melting of glaciers and ice sheets around the world.
The images above show the Columbia Glacier in Alaska, which flows
directly into the sea. The glacier had stayed more or less fixed in place
between its discovery in 1794 and 1980, but then suddenly began
Alaska's Columbia Glacier, seen on July 28, 1986 and July 2, 2014. (NASA, Images of Change)
Source: http://www.vox.com/2015/4/7/8352381/anthropocene-NASA-images
1986
2014
Alaska Columbia glacier recedes
rapidly

18. The IPCC has examined the published results from
many different models and on the basis of the
evidence has estimated that by 2100
The global average surface warming (surface air temperature change), will
increase by 1.1 - 6.4 °C.
The sea level will rise between 18 and 59 cm.•
The oceans will become more acidic.
It is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation
events will continue to become more frequent.
It is very likely that there will be more precipitation at higher latitudes and it
is likely that there will be less precipitation in most subtropical land
Major projections of Climate
Change ?

19. 1.Increased incidences climatic disasters and
extreme events such as cyclone, flash floods,
storms and draughts etc. around 90% of all
disasters occurring in India are climate
influenced/induced.
2.Negative and harsh affect of climate variability
to coping capacities of population both rural
and urban.
Increased Climate Change
Threat

20. Climate impacts - Physical health, Mental Health,
Community Health
Source: https://www.healthpopuli.com/category/public-health/

21. Earthquake of 6.7
magnitudes in
Richter scale hits
Manipur on 4th
January, 2016. 7
person killed and 57
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/movement-near-quake-hit-imphal-buildings-restricted/
Manipur earthquake fresh in
blood

22. The unforgettable pilgrimage 2013
The flash floods triggered by very heavy rainfall and cloudburst in
Uttarakhand on 16-17 June 2013, affected 12 out of the 13 districts in
Uttarakhand killing thousands of people on pilgrimage as well as
locals

23. School collapsed in Bihar 2016

24. Boat capsized
in UP

25. Volcano
irruption

26. Assam Floods in 2016
………impact
Peri
od
Farm land Under
Water(damage of Standing
crop)
Affected Districts Affected Population
201
6
4905.40 Hectares Jorhat, Sivasagar,
Tinsukia, Dibrugarh,
Cachar
92,729 people were affected in six districts with 7412
people residing in 40 relief camps

27. Assam Floods in 2017
………recent impactNo. of districts affected:
29/33
Revenue circles: 115/148
Villages : 4031/26395
Population: 2. 5/ 3.12 m
No. of children
affected:0.6 Million
Death toll: 84, Children
(0-14 yrs): 23
Crop area
damage:2,09,051.65

28. 80 % of disaster deaths happen in Asia
Children are disproportionally affected by
disasters, but also strong agents for
resilience
>14,500 schools were fully or partially
damaged in disasters in SA over the last 5
years
Schools are powerful venues for resilience
Why is Safe Schools important in S

29. Dabawali fire tragedy killed more than 100
children 1995
Bus failed into Yamuna river in North Delhi
killed 24 children 1997
971 students 31 teachers died, 1884 School
building collapsed, loss of 5950 class rooms,
11, 761 School buildings suffered from major to
minor damages, additional 36,5834 room unfit
for holding instruction sessions and 1,051 were
School Disasters

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