India, Oct. 17 -- India is experiencing increasing overlap in flood and drought vulnerability, with eastern and northern regions emerging as prominent multi-hazard hotspots, according to a study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee.

Published in npj Natural Hazards, a Nature Portfolio journal, the study analysed 591 districts across India using socio-economic, demographic and infrastructure data for 2001 and 2011. It found that by 2011, more than one-fifth of the country's districts were highly vulnerable to floods, nearly one-fifth to drought, and more than one in 10 ranked towards the higher end of a combined Multi-Hazard Vulnerability Index (MHVI).Learn Hindi

The findings highlight the need to assess fl...