Table 2.

List of notable natural disasters in India (from 2004 to 2018)

Name of the disaster	Year of occurrence	Location (s)	Losses (mortality, morbidity, economic loss)
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