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3.5.6 HOW TO READ THIS MAP
Drought susceptibility maps have been prepared based on the probability of occurrence of droughts
(moderate, severe, extreme and moderate to extreme) in identified stations. The climatological drought
susceptibility maps in different seasons show in terms of classification from low to high drought
susceptible areas in four seasons. In empirical manner, drought low susceptible and high drought
susceptible areas has been categorized as areas having 15% to 20% and more than 20% probabilities
respectively, based on the analysis of probability of occurrence of drought at various stations. These
areas are listed in Table 3.8 from the figures one can easily locate low to high susceptible areas in
different seasons. The hazard severity scale has been shown below. The red colour shows high
susceptibility and grey shows the no drought condition.
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