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Natural Disasters
The psychological toll of hurricanes — major storms leave more than wreckage behind
Gulnaz Anjum
3 hours ago
4 min read
Repeated exposure to hurricane, through direct loss, evacuation or even media coverage, can heighten psychological sensitivity over time
Natural Disasters
Missing links in India’s cyclone response: Housing, crop & livelihood challenges after Cyclone Montha
Biswanath Dash
31 Oct 2025
4 min read
Clearly laid-out procedures must be established for standardising relief for crop damage due to cyclones, floods or unseasonal rain
Natural Disasters
Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed
Ethan Murray
30 Oct 2025
5 min read
Advances in forecasting, including machine learning models and NOAA reconnaissance data, are crucial for improving predictions and ensuring public safety during such natural disasters
Bihar's indigenous languages hold the key to water resilience
Devina Krishna
22 Sep 2025
5 min read
Floods in Northwest India expose the fragility of childhood
Soha Moitra
22 Sep 2025
4 min read
A striking trend
Sanjay Srivastava
12 Sep 2025
3 min read
These seven questions need to be asked in the aftermath of the 2025 Punjab Floods
Harinder Happy
12 Sep 2025
6 min read
The recent floods in Punjab are proof that its youth are neither ‘idle’ nor ‘reckless’
Gian Singh
11 Sep 2025
6 min read
The 2025 Punjab floods are a sum total of extreme rain, weak embankments, floodplain encroachment and obstruction of natural drainage
Sucha Singh
06 Sep 2025
5 min read
Mismanagement of three major dams — Bhakra, Pong and Ranjit Sagar — worsened the 2025 Punjab Floods
Himanshu Thakkar
05 Sep 2025
8 min read
There is a legal flaw at the root of the Punjab floods
Amandeep Sandhu
05 Sep 2025
3 min read
Punjab is a land of rivers. But the floods of this year are not purely natural events
Gurinder Kaur
05 Sep 2025
5 min read
Why was the Afghanistan earthquake so deadly? A disaster resilience expert explains
Iftekhar Ahmed
02 Sep 2025
3 min read
Dharali and Chashoti show the great havoc that small streams in the Himalayas can cause
Jay Singh Rawat
01 Sep 2025
4 min read
Rising disasters in the Himalayas: A wake-up call for a new political agenda
Tikender Singh Panwar
22 Aug 2025
5 min read
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