drought index meaning in Hindi

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1. They use the NWS rainfall estimates to factor into the drought index.
2. The Palmer Drought Index is based on a supply-and-demand model of soil moisture.
3. A drought index of even 400 this time of year can create a serious potential for fires.
4. Because drought affects farmers so much, DOF began about three years ago calculating the drought index for every four kilometers.
5. In some parts of Central Florida, drought index readings have topped 600 on an 800-point scale, with 800 representing bone-dry.
6. The temperatures on Thursday reached a record high 95 degrees here, and the drought index went above 600 in several counties.
7. The " Keetch-Byram Drought Index " relates fuels to how quickly they could ignite and to what percentage they should burn.
8. The index, formally the Keetch-Byram Drought Index, is a measure of the amount of moisture available to plants in the soil.
9. In fact, the drought index varied from 26 in eastern parts of the county to 662 on the west side on Thursday.
10. "We have a drought index, and the Phoenix area qualifies as being in a drought, " said Ellis, the Weather Service spokesman.