Blog (Natural disasters)

India’s framework on weather data collection & sharing needs focus: Experts highlight key issues 
Natural Disasters

India’s framework on weather data collection & sharing needs focus: Experts highlight key issues 

Gauri Arora
4 min read
Stakeholders call for better data integration, stronger public-private partnerships & clearer policies
In the mountains, disasters do not start with collapse. They begin when warnings that have been passed remain unheeded
Environment

In the mountains, disasters do not start with collapse. They begin when warnings that have been passed remain unheeded

Aanchal Seth
5 min read
Incidents such as mountain slopes slipping in Akhara Bazar, Kullu, a semi-urban area, have highlighted the need for coordinated governance rather than isolated action
A building damaged by the 2024 landslide in Wayanad.
Urbanisation

Indian townships are rebuilding after landslides — but not everyone will benefit

Ipshita Basu
4 min read
After Wayanad’s deadly landslide, rebuilding efforts reveal whose losses the state values most
Days of heavy rain caused a levee on the White River in King County to breach
Minutes that save lives: Inside India’s tsunami early warning system
Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?
When disaster becomes a festival: Rethinking media coverage of the Wayanad landslide
2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
Warm oceans seem to be turning even ‘weak’ cyclones into deadly rainmakers
Flooding in Houston after Hurricane Beryl in 2024.
True forest fire management must begin not with extinguishing flames, but with understanding the people who light them
No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean’s compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming
Cyclones, caste, and the price of dignity: When Odisha’s fisherwomen refuse shelter
Flooded promises: Bihar’s manifestos stay silent on the state’s deepest crisis
The psychological toll of hurricanes — major storms leave more than wreckage behind
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