Preetha Menon
Preetha Menon
Changes in extreme rainfall events and flood risk in India during the last century- A report by the India Meteorological Department
Posted on 21 May, 2011 05:53 PM
The occurrences of some exceptionally heavy rainfall during the recent years causing flash floods in many areas necessitated the study of long term changes in extreme rainfall over India.
The study includes the analysis of the frequency of rainy days, number of rainy days and heavy rainfall days as well as one-day extreme rainfall and return period analysis in order to observe the impact of climate change on extreme weather events and flood risk. It has been found that frequency of heavy rainfall events are decreasing in major parts of the central and north India while increasing in peninsular India, east and north east India.
The report provides interesting findings that are useful for hydrological planning and disaster managements such as –