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Incidence of extreme rainfall events and flash floods in recent times have led to devastating consequences for people living in low-lying areas and flood plains of the country. Discuss.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Physical Setting

The Indian monsoon has always been variable. What has changed is the form of that variability: rainfall is arriving in fewer, heavier events separated by longer dry spells, so the same seasonal total now produces both drought and flood.

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  • The Changing Character of Rainfall
  • Why the Consequences Concentrate on Floodplains
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