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Module 10 of 21 · Text

Disaster Management

Preeti Shukla

flood hazard atlas - By Odisha based on Historic flood Inundation using Imagery Satellite from the period of 2001 -18.

Flooding in Odisha - Major River - Mahanadi, Baitarni, Subarnrekha, Brahmani and Rushikulya. Flash Flood - Due to  Vamsadhara and Budhabalanga rivers which runs of from Hilly area.

The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Hyderabad does flood hazard zonation based on the Past data in Flood prone area.

Benifits - Risk Evaluation and reduction, Better preparedness and rehabilitation and Proper assessment of the area.

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* Ministry of Earth Sciences, the four ports — Diamond Harbour (5.16 mm per year), Kandla, Haldia and Port Blair — recorded a higher sea-level rise than the global average (india avg 1.3 mm/year)
As per IPCC report - sea level rise is said to be linked with Global warming and Global avg is 1.8 mm/year.

 

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