HEAT WAVE District Disaster Management Plan DDMP TSDPS

HEAT WAVE District Disaster Management Plan (DDMP) TSDPS role in Early Warning System for Weather and Climate related services Sri Shaik Meera, CEO, TSDPS

Telangana State-At a Glance Total Area - 1. 14 Lakh Sq. km. Total population – 3. 52 Crores(2011 census). Literacy rate - 64. 46%. Climate and Temperature Telangana is a semi-arid zone and has a predominantly hot & dry climate. In Telangana region, the Avg maximum temperature - 40 o. C to 43 o. C in May Avg minimum temperature - 13 o. C to 17 o. C in Dec & Jan. Minimum temperature falls to less than 10 o. C on certain days Rainfall The State receives Normal rainfall of 906 mm from South-West (June–September) Monsoon – 80% North–East (October–November) Monsoon Humidity Monsoon - 80% Summer - 25 to 30%.

Telangana State- Vulnerability The state of Telangana faces natural and manmade vulnerabilities in the form of: ØWater & Climate Related Hazards (eg. , droughts, rainfall deficiency, ground water stress and other emerging climate induced hazards like Heatwave etc) ØGeologically Related Disasters ØChemical & Industrial Disasters ØAccident & Other Disasters (including terror risks and urban specific risks keeping in consideration the relatively high rate of urbanization in Telangana State) ØBiologically Related Disasters (health epidemics, eg. , emerging threats such as H 5 N 1 induced Avian flu, Swine flu etc)

• Overall Scenario: TSDPS Activities Ø Weather Data Management – 924 AWS (10 X 10 km) Ø Weather data -Analysis Reports and Spatial maps. Ø Dynamic Real Time Data Dissemination through § Website. (www. tsdps. telangana. gov. in) § LED display boards ( In 41 locations of the state). § Mobile App. § Email, Whatsapp group, SMS Ø Weather Forecast- 3 -days Weather Forecast. Ø Supports Disaster management in the state § Rainfall Alerts § Heat Wave § Drought Monitoring § Urban Flood Monitoring Ø Monitoring & Evaluation studies Ø Facilitation of Crop Insurance

AWS Locations in Telangana No. of Mandals No. of AWS 24 Adilabad Kumuram Bheem Mancherial Nirmal Nizamabad Kamareddy Karimnagar Jagtial Peddapalli Rajanna-Siricilla Warangal (U) Warangal (R) Jangaon Jayashankar Mahabubabad Khammam Bhadradri Medak Sangareddy Siddipet Nalgonda Suryapet Yadadri-Bhongir Mahabubnagar 18 15 18 19 27 22 16 18 14 13 11 15 13 20 16 21 23 20 26 22 31 23 16 26 23 20 26 29 41 30 27 30 21 21 16 21 20 35 23 40 29 35 36 37 58 34 27 41 25 Jogulamba-Gadwal 12 20 26 28 Wanaparthy Nagarkurnool Rangareddy 14 20 27 19 35 58 29 Medchal-Malkajgiri 14 25 30 Vikarabad Hyderabad Total 18 16 584 29 18 924 S. No 1 2 3 4 10 x 10 km Grid 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 Locations of AWSs (924) 31 District

Weather Forecast ØWeather Forecast for 72 hours on 12 KM resolution Weather Research Forecast (WRF) Model ØDisseminating to all the users and District Officials through email, Whats. App. The authenticity of the forecast is 70 to 80%. ØTSDPS also providing 7 days forecast for the benefit of farmers during monsoon season with special emphasis on Wet and Dry spells. % Matched 70 % Matched 80 % Matched 90 9

Real Time Maximum Temperature forecast for next 3 days

LED Weather Display Boards LED Display boards are installed at District Hqs. In the premises of Collectorates (31) and in Hyderabad in 10 locations. • Real-time Weather Data pertaining to Rainfall, Temperature, Humidity and Wind Speed are displayed on the LED boards to take precautionary measures for Disaster Management. • Colour code is adopted for alerts. • LED boards have come to operation since December 2018. 11

Mobile Application TSDPS mobile app provides Real time weather information pertaining to Temperature, Rainfall(mm), humidity and wind speed /direction instantly from the current location. This mobile app TS Weather can be downloaded from Google play store.

TSDPS web site (www. tsdps. telangana. gov. in) Temperature Forecast Temperature Analysis Hyderabad city Forecast Rainfall Analysis

Drought Vulnerability Map Yellow colour indicates 295 mandals are Highly prone to Drought

Red colour indicates 95 mandals are Highly prone to Heat Wave

Trends of Temperatures in the state for 4 years Change in Maximum Temperature observed about 1. 5˚C. in 4 years

Districtwise Maximum Temperature for the last 10 years (2010 -2018) Dcode 1 Adilabad 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 District Kumuram Bheem - Asifabad Mancherial Nirmal Nizamabad Jagtial Peddapalli Jayashankar-Bhupalpally Bhadradri-Kothagudem Mahabubabad Warangal (R) Warangal (U) Karimnagar Rajanna-Siricilla Kamareddy Sangareddy Medak Siddipet Jangaon Yadadri-Bhongir Medchal-Malkajgiri Hyderabad Rangareddy Vikarabad Mahabubnagar Jogulamba-Gadwal Wanaparthy Nagarkurnool Nalgonda Suryapet Khammam Date 17 -04 -2016 Temp_max 48. 2 02 -06 -2014 21 -05 -2015 23 -05 -2015 28 -05 -2015 29 -05 -2015 22 -05 -2015 30 -05 -2015 21 -05 -2015 22 -05 -2015 23 -05 -2015 22 -05 -2015 30 -05 -2015 26 -05 -2010 17 -04 -2016 14 -05 -2010 15 -05 -2016 22 -05 -2015 20 -05 -2015 22 -05 -2015 13 -05 -2010 21 -05 -2015 15 -04 -2016 26 -04 -2016 24 -04 -2016 20 -05 -2015 23 -05 -2015 28 -05 -2015 48. 9 48. 8 47. 8 48. 9 48. 6 48. 9 48. 0 48. 5 48. 7 47. 6 48. 8 47. 9 48. 1 46. 7 46. 5 47. 7 48. 2 48. 7 48. 4 47. 6 47. 2 46. 2 47. 7 47. 2 47. 0 47. 4 48. 9 48. 7 District wise Maximum Temperatures for the last Ten years

Workshop on Extreme Weather Events with reference to Telangana State Gathering at the workshop.

Release of posters ØTSDPS has released posters on Extreme Weather Events like Thunderbolts, and produced a Short film on precautionary measures against Heat Waves for public awareness in the State. Pamphlet regarding precautions to be taken during summer to avoid sun stroke Precautions to be taken during Heatwave

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