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Maharashtra declares drought in 265 talukas as crop losses mount after weak monsoon
Natural Disasters

Maharashtra declares drought in 265 talukas as crop losses mount after weak monsoon

Shagun
4 min read
Declaration spans large parts of Marathwada and Vidarbha, two regions that have long been at the centre of India’s deepest agrarian distress
A joint Indian-Nepali team clears the blocked portion of the Chilime tunnel using excavators and loaders after flooding. Water inflow and large boulders have slowed rescue efforts.
Climate Change

Climate change likely intensified Nepal’s cascading flood disaster: WWA

Akshit Sangomla
5 min read
Scientists say warming weakened glaciers, thawed permafrost and increased slope instability, but the August 26 disaster was caused by a complex chain of climatic and geological factors
Possible cyclone in Bay of Bengal next week
Natural Disasters

Possible cyclone in Bay of Bengal next week

Akshit Sangomla
2 min read
A low pressure area may intensify and move in a west and northwestwards direction towards the coasts of south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh
Wake-up call

Wake-up call

Richard Mahapatra
3 min read
The coming years may bring catastrophic weather that could be ‘far worse’ than history suggests: King’s College London

The coming years may bring catastrophic weather that could be ‘far worse’ than history suggests: King’s College London

DTE Staff
3 min read
Make the Himalaya a ‘no-go zone’ for high-risk mega infrastructures: Civil society coalition

Make the Himalaya a ‘no-go zone’ for high-risk mega infrastructures: Civil society coalition

DTE Staff
3 min read
Conflict and climate disasters fuelled 6.2 million displacements across Eastern Africa in 2025: Report

Conflict and climate disasters fuelled 6.2 million displacements across Eastern Africa in 2025: Report

Madhumita Paul
3 min read
Two people were safely rescued on September 4 from inside the tunnel of the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project, following the devastating flood that struck the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa, Nepal on August 26, 2026.

Green Climate Fund responds to query on seven-year delay in Nepal glacier project, but gives only approval and implementation dates

Jayanta Basu
4 min read
Nepal tragedy result of decades of engineering mindset that that assumed rivers and mountains could be re-engineered at will: Sunita Narain

Nepal tragedy result of decades of engineering mindset that assumed rivers and mountains could be re-engineered at will: Sunita Narain

DTE Staff
4 min read
Indian tunnel rescue team making progress at Chilime and Langtang hydropower sites.

Nepal floods expose climate finance delay: GCF took seven years to approve glacier-risk project while lenders backed hydropower in vulnerable basin

Jayanta Basu
7 min read
The tunnel rescue team from India worked with the Nepali Army’s team to conduct search & rescue operations at hydropower tunnel sites in Chilime and Langtang area.

Nearly 160,000 women and girls affected by Nepal flash floods, UN Women warns

DTE Staff
2 min read
For this Kashmiri geologist, Nepal tragedy offers a case to understand emerging GLOF risks in the western Himalayas

For this Kashmiri geoscientist, Nepal tragedy offers a case to understand emerging GLOF risks in the Western Himalayas

Athar Parvaiz
4 min read
UN expert explores seismic linkage to Nepal disaster, warns of cascading effects and holds climate change responsible

‘Energy created by Nepal flood was bigger than the atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima’

Athar Parvaiz
4 min read
UN expert explores seismic linkage to Nepal disaster, warns of cascading effects and holds climate change responsible

UN expert explores seismic linkage to Nepal disaster, warns of cascading effects and holds climate change responsible

Jayanta Basu
5 min read
Chitrakoot, in the heart of the country, flooded as Mandakini river overflows after torrential rain

Chitrakoot, in the heart of the country, flooded as Mandakini river overflows after torrential rain

DTE Staff
2 min read
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