HEAT WAVE TSDPS services and monitoring of extreme

HEAT WAVE TSDPS services and monitoring of extreme weather events - 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%.

• 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. (TS Weather) § Email, Whatsapp group, SMS Ø Weather Forecast- 3 -days Weather Forecast in collaboration with IMD. 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 5

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. 6

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

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

Max Temp – March (20142018)

Max Temp – April (2014 -2018)

Max Temp – May (2014 -2018)

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

Initiatives taken up by Telangana State In Telangana State the erstwhile Districts of Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Khammam and Adilabad districts are most prone for heat waves during the months of April and May. Due to convergence in activities taken up by Telangana Government there is decrease in number of casualities over the years indicating timely warning and operational measures taken by Government. üDue to improvement in weather forecast üDisseminating the weather alerts to the officials/public üPublic awareness programs through media, üWorkshops on heat wave have also played a significant role in reducing the deaths over the years. Contd….

Convergence activity Ø At State level, TSDPS initiated workshops in convergence mode to facilitate District collectors & state level officers in preparation of Heat wave action plan. ØDepts Involved: Revenue, Health, Planning, PR, RWS, Animal Husbandary, Transport, Agriculture , Disaster Management, IMD, NRSC, INCOIS, UNICEF, and Universities etc. , ØAt District level, District Collectors to conduct meetings with field level officers for preparation of field level action plan. ØUNICEF is also involved in preparation of District Heatwave action plan by involving NGOs. Dissemination of Information To combat the Extreme Weather Events the Weather Data is disseminating with the following colour codes. 15

Workshop on Heatwave (2018) Adressed by the Hon’ble Minister for Finance & Planning.

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

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 can Weather TS mobile app store. Weather Forecast TSDPS provides 3 -days weather forecast based on advanced high resolution (12 km) regional weather forecast model. The forecast maps are sent to Telangana state and district officials through Web site, LED boards, Mobile App, Whats. App highlighting the districts likely to be prone for heat wave conditions during the next 72 hours. LED boards The weather information is also displayed through LED boards

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

Districtwise and Yearwise No. of Heatwave & Severe Heatwave Days S. No 1 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 Adilabad Bhadradri-Kothagudem Hyderabad Jagtial Jangaon Jayashankar-Bhupalpally Jogulamba-Gadwal Kamareddy Karimnagar Khammam Komaram Bheem-Asifabad Mahabubnagar Mancherial Medak Medchal-Malkajgiri Nagarkurnool Nalgonda Nirmal Nizamabad Peddapalli Rajanna-Siricilla Rangareddy Siddipet Suryapet Vikarabad Wanaparthy Warangal Rural Warangal Urban Yadadri-Bhongir 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 19 20 21 22 19 32 3 9 15 23 24 22 10 21 0 9 13 25 29 22 30 12 1 6 6 25 18 5 17 17 24 19 20 9 25 12 21 7 8 19 18 27 17 7 23 4 8 8 31 27 12 23 8 9 21 3 0 18 16 13 8 8 0 7 1 5 1 0 5 3 8 3 3 8 0 0 1 10 6 6 8 1 0 0 12 3 0 1 1 3 2 12 17 8 17 9 14 2 6 15 11 5 18 4 3 6 19 18 14 15 9 6 7 7 11 0 2 11 9 8 29 29 20 40 16 30 13 40 30 23 25 28 20 33 19 15 27 37 34 29 29 24 19 28 19 24 16 24 24 25 16 13 18 4 16 7 18 1 1 7 9 13 13 2 19 0 5 1 12 8 6 14 16 2 6 1 12 0 0 4 11 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 Grand Total 102 112 62 128 64 121 27 64 92 87 113 94 47 125 27 40 56 135 123 93 119 72 40 56 56 99 37 32 75 81 67

Why we need Threshold? ØThe temperature at which heat becomes painful for a recipient is called the heat threshold at that time ØThreshold allows to identify conditions that are harmful to people ØThreshold helps us understanding the Temperature – Mortality (Heat - Health) relationship in a given region. ØIt helps decision makers to issue or trigger warning for general public and take necessary actions during extreme heat events. ØIt helps us to design our interventions, plan our communication strategies for vulnerable groups, create warning categories and helps us in focus on adaptation and long term mitigation strategies ØTSDPS proposes to take up the exercise of fixing the region specific threshold values for declaration of heat waves based on Mortality / Morbidity rates.

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