EXTREME WEATHER EVENT-INDUCED DEATHS

Key Findings for the period 2001-2014:

• Share in unnatural deaths: 25% of all accidental deaths in India due to unnatural causes happened as a result of extreme weather events.
  
  
• Major cause: Most extreme weather event-induced deaths were due to lightning (40%), followed by extreme precipitation (24%), heatwave (20%) and cold wave (15%).
  
  
• Vulnerable groups: Men and elderly are at maximum risk due to extreme weather events.
  
  
• Vulnerable Regions: Burden of deaths was the highest in central India. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal were most affected by extreme weather events.