Despite galloping scientific achievements that mankind has witnessed, we have never been able to question the invincibility of Nature. While textbooks are filled with lessons on all kinds of natural calamities, there is still no breakthrough in any natural calamity prediction mechanism. In such a scenario, the best bet for any country to deal with such a horrendous event is to be prepared for the worst while hoping for the best.

A recent scientific study into climate change has concluded that almost all of the summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is likely to disappear late this century because of global warming. In India, another study has said that by the middle of the century, the sea level will increase by 24.1 cm, causing coastal floods, and there will be more........

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