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'Extreme weather events in 2021 caused maximum deaths in Maha, Odisha, MP'
Updated On: 03 March, 2022 12:00 PM IST | Rajasthan | IANS
Apart from lightning that registered the highest number of deaths, it was flooding that was responsible for maximum deaths in the country
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The landslide that took place near Kemps Corner in July last year. File pic
In 2021, extreme weather events accounted for maximum deaths in central part of India, from Maharashtra, Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General, Meteorology, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said on Wednesday. Apart from lightning that registered the highest number of deaths, it was flooding that was responsible for maximum deaths in the country.
"In the year 2021, the extreme weather events accounted for the maximum number of deaths in Maharashtra, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh and the largest number of districts that were affected were in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh," Mohapatra said here during his virtual presentation at a media conclave, the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2022, organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The number of very heavy and extremely heavy rainfall events in the month of June and July were higher in 2021 compared to previous year.
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