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

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The Meteorological department collects data on temperature, wind etc., and prepares various kinds of weather reports.
1. It makes the weather prediction.
2. It provides services to aviation sector like fog information. The department also uses Satellite data map patterns of heating and cooling of various regions of the earth.
3. It issues various national and zonal alerts like 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.


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