Kerala's state specific notified disasters, from soil piping to human-wildlife conflict

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Kerala's state specific notified disasters, from soil piping to human-wildlife conflict

Background

The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority's notified disasters page sets out two lists.
Its Nationally Notified Disasters are Flood, Landslide, Drought, Cyclone, Earthquake, Cloud Burst, Hail Storm, Tsunami, Fire, Pest Attack, Cold Wave/Frost and Avalanche, with Covid 19 added separately.
Its State Specific Disasters are Coastal Erosion, Lightning, Strong Wind, Soil Piping, Heat Wave/Sun Stroke/Sun Burn, Human-Wildlife Conflict, the wreck of the MSC Elsa 3 and High Tide Flooding.
The page cites three orders behind that state list: GO (Ms) No. 343/2015/DMD dated 23-07-2015, GO (Rt) No. 149/2017/DMD dated 18-01-2017 and GO (Ms) No. 9/2019/DMD dated 9-03-2019.
Its table of Norms of Financial Assistance from SDRF shows the order in which the state categories were added: Lightning, Coastal Erosion and Strong Winds first, then Soil Piping, then Heat Wave, Sunstroke and Sunburn, then Human Wildlife Conflict, and High Tide Flooding most recently.
The same table lists the Creation of State Disaster Response Fund under 2010; that fund is what the notified categories draw assistance from.

Nationally notified disasters, as the list reads: Flood Landslide Drought Cyclone Earthquake Cloud Burst Hail Storm Tsunami Fire Pest Attack Cold Wave/Frost Avalanche Covid 19 State specific disasters, as the list reads: Coastal Erosion Lightning Strong Wind Soil Piping Heat Wave/Sun Stroke/Sun Burn Human-Wildlife Conflict MSC Elsa 3 High Tide Flooding Most recent state specific addition: High Tide Flooding Fund used: State Disaster Response Fund Base order for the state list: GO (Ms) No. 343/2015/DMD dated 23-07-2015

Why it matters for exams: The difference between a nationally notified disaster and a state specific one decides what a state can pay relief for, and Kerala's own additions - soil piping, coastal erosion, human-wildlife conflict, high tide flooding - are the clearest illustration of that mechanism in any state.

Kerala PSCUPSC

8 October 2026 Source: Kerala State Disaster Management Authority

In plain words

Soil piping soil piping — Underground erosion that hollows out tunnels in soil and can make the ground above collapse.

SDRF State Disaster Response Fund — The fund a state pays relief from for disasters that have been notified.