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  India is a country that is geographically rich and has great topographical variety. We are blessed with the seas on three sides, the Himalayas in the north along with numerous forests and rivers. While we benefit from all of them, there are also some threats that these resources pose. Natural hazards are some unpredictable, unfavourable changes taking place in nature that causes mass destruction. With development in technology, we have gotten better at foreseeing and mitigating them. With time, the IMD and the disaster management force of India have become more and more experienced due to which we are able to soften the blow of disasters. It is not true that India’s preparedness for mitigation of natural disasters is weak even with technology. Cyclones have become an annual occurrence in the Bay of Bengal. With their powerful instruments, the IMD is able to predict the disastrous waves and inform people beforehand. This valuable information enables the government to bring their peopl