Natural Disasters

What triggered the dust storms?

Desertification, unprecedented heat wave conditions, more Western Disturbances, increasing cyclonic circulations & 2 lines of low pressure winds combined to trigger the storms;

Akshit Sangomla, Shreeshan Venkatesh

Published:14th Jun, 2018 at 10:45 AM

(This article was first published in the June 1-15 issue of Down To Earth under the headline '100 days, 44 storms, 16 states, 423 deaths, not a blip').

What triggered the dust storms?

Desertification, unprecedented heat wave conditions, more Western Disturbances, increasing cyclonic circulations &amp; 2 lines of low pressure winds combined to trigger the storms;

Desertification, unprecedented heat wave conditions, more Western Disturbances, increasing cyclonic circulations & 2 lines of low pressure winds combined to trigger the storms;