India ranked 9th most climate-impacted country with 430 extreme weather events from 1995-2024, stated Global Climate Risk Index report. It highlighted events like 1999 Odisha cyclone, 2013 Uttarakhand floods, Cyclone Amphan in 2020, and record-breaking heatwaves. Floods and landslides from heavy monsoons displaced millions and damaged agriculture; cyclones devastated coastal areas, it added.
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06:27 pm on
12 Nov