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Extreme weather events of climate will cause disaster if communities are exposed to those events and exposure to potentially damaging extreme events is accompanied by a high level of vulnerability. Vulnerability means the diminishing capacity of a person or a group to recover from the impact of a natural or man-made hazard. Paschim Medinipur is in the Southern portion of West Bengal with the Chota Nagpur plateau and rough physiography in the western portion of this district. Natural hazards like (floods, droughts, cyclones) are very active in this district most of the year. Due to these events, this district is very much vulnerable. This study computes and compares the social vulnerability index (SVI) with the climate vulnerability index (CVI), With the help of secondary data, understand how much this district is prone to vulnerability.
Keywords: CVI, SAVI, DDM, DEM, SVI, Cyclone