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Topic: Disaster and disaster management.
6. Early warning systems play an important part in disaster risk reduction as they prevent loss of life, as well as reducing the economic impact of natural hazards. Hence, they must be given adequate importance in disaster management. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate.
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
Prone to frequent natural disasters, Jammu and Kashmir is working on a dynamic real-time online system to raise alerts and coalesce data, including data from the India Meteorological Department, for prompt analysis and liner–form actions to mitigate the impact of any disaster.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the role of early warning systems in disaster management.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by defining early warning systems as part of disaster management with an example.
Body:
Frist, mention the various types of early warning systems for varied disasters.
Next, write about the role of early warning systems in preventing loss of life during a disaster – evacuation, information, rehabilitation etc.
Next, write about the role of early warning systems in as reducing the economic impact of natural hazards – better planning, coordination etc. Mention the recommendations of Sendai framework in this regard.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward to include early warning systems as an important part of disaster response.
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