Question

How does the Meteorological Department help the nation? [5 MARKS]

Answer 1

Each point: 1 Mark

The Meteorological department collects data on temperature, wind etc., and prepares various kinds of weather reports.

1. It makes the weather predictions.

2. It provides services to aviation sector like fog information, map patterns of heating and cooling of various regions of the earth.

3. It issues various national and zonal alerts like alerts for cyclones and tsunami.

4. It studies and identifies seismic activities and provides earthquake reports.

5. It helps farmers and agriculture sectors by providing monsoon and rainfall reports.