An international team has now mapped the global distribution, trends, and drivers of flash drought occurrence by examining flash droughts between 1980 and 2015. According to a recent article published in Nature Communications, India is a hotspot for flash droughts, which might have serious consequences for the country’s grain supply. According to the study, this can result in a seven-fold rise in flash droughts. Droughts during the summer monsoonProf. Mishra says that during the monsoon season, India may experience more flash droughts than during the non-monsoon season. During the monsoon season, this fast depletion of soil moisture causes flash droughts.

Source: Indian Express December 02, 2021 10:30 UTC