India is vulnerable to a large number of natural, as well as, human-made disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic and socio-economic conditions.

✅ Out of the 36 states and union territories in the country, 28 of them are disaster prone.
✅ Almost 85% of the country is vulnerable to single or multiple disasters
✅ About 57% of its area lies in high seismic zones.
✅ Approximately 40 million hectares of the country’s land area is prone to flood
✅ About 8% of the total land mass is vulnerable to cyclone
✅ 68% of the area is susceptible to drought.

The five distinctive regions of the country:

✅ Himalayan region: earthquakes and landslides
✅ The plain: Floods.
✅ The desert: Droughts and famine
✅ The coastal zone: Cyclones and storms.

Anthropogenic vulnerability:

✅ Deforestation
✅ Unscientific construction and development activity
✅ Faulty agricultural practices

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