Table 2.
Name of the disaster | Year of occurrence | Location (s) | Losses (mortality, morbidity, economic loss) |
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Tsunami[8] | 2004 | Coastline of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India | Over 10,749 deaths 5640 people missing 2.79 million people affected 11,827 hectares of crops damaged 300,000 fisher folk lost their livelihood |
Maharashtra floods[8] | 2005 | Maharashtra state | Over 1094 deaths 167 injured 54 missing |
Cycle nisha[8] | 2008 | Tamil Nadu | Around 204 deaths |
Kosi flood[8] | 2008 | North Bihar | Over 527 deaths 19,323 livestock perished 223,000 houses damaged 3.3 million lives affected |
Krishna floods[8] | 2009 | Andhra Pradesh | Around 300 deaths |
Drought[8] | 2009 | 252 districts in 10 states | 20 farmers committed suicide 10 million tonnes lesser crops were harvested |
Cloudburst[8] | 2010 | Leh, Ladakh in J and K | Around 257 deaths |
Sikkim earthquake[8] | 2011 | North Eastern India with the epicenter near Nepal border and Sikkim | Around 97 deaths |
Odisha floods[8] | 2011 | 19 districts of Odisha | Around 45 deaths |
Cyclone Nilam[8] | 2011 | Tamil Nadu | Around 65 deaths |
Landslides and flood[8] | 2013 | Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh | Over 4094 deaths |
Andhra floods[8] | 2013 | Andhra Pradesh | Around 53 deaths |
Cyclone Hudhud[9] | 2014 | Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh | Around 46 deaths |
Jammu and Kashmir floods[10] | 2014 | Jammu and Kashmir | Over 300 deaths |
Heatwave[11] | 2015 | Andhra Pradesh | Around 1369 deaths |
Tamil Nadu floods[12] | 2015 | Tamil Nadu | Over 340 deaths |
Heatwave[13] | 2016 | Rajasthan | Over 1600 deaths 330 million affected |
Bihar floods[14] | 2017 | Bihar | Over 514 deaths 171,64 lakh lives affected |
Kerala floods[15] | 2018 | Kerala | Over 483 deaths |
Dust storms[16] | 2018 | Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh | Over 100 deaths |
Sources: Sources cited with respective disasters quoted