Climate-caused Calamities

If the recent mayhem, caused by the monsoon rain-triggered floods and landslides, gives any message, it is a quote of French novelist Jules Verne that succinctly puts up it: “In presence of Nature's grand convulsions, man is powerless.” Despite big achievements in weather forecasting technology, people have still been the victims of natural calamities of various scales. Today’s people are not like ancient Babylonians, who were compelled to forecast weather on the basis of cloud patterns and their movements. We have now sophisticated technology that facilitates the collection and observation of data that include satellite imagery, radar data and wind profiles, among others. The examination of a large quantity of data helps make accurate weather predictions. But challenges for the countries like ours lie in accessing these technology and conveying the weather warning to the people effectively.