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After Cyclone Arnab, can India handle rising disaster costs?

Cyclone Arnab struck the Andhra Pradesh coast this week, prompting evacuations, suspended transport and alerts to disaster response forces. It is only the first cyclone of the northeast monsoon season. With climate change threatening more intense storms, former NDMA adviser Safi Ahsan Rizvi discusses the economic and social costs of disasters and how India's strategy has improved since 1999.

After Cyclone Arnab, can India handle rising disaster costs?

This summary is based on reporting by The Hindu.

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