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Natural Disasters
Hawaii records its most serious floods in 20 years
DTE Staff
23 Mar 2026
2 min read
Local weather phenomenon of ‘Kona low’ and saturated soils held responsible for extreme weather
Rivers
Thimphu will provide real time rainfall, river discharge data to West Bengal for facilitating timely flood forecast: Indo-Bhutanese high-level meeting decision
Jayanta Basu
14 Mar 2026
3 min read
Glacial Lake Outburst Flood identified as a major threat during meeting
Governance
Villagers warn of looming disaster as muck dumping destabilises slopes and chokes Rispana river near Mussoorie
Megha Prakash
06 Feb 2026
5 min read
Residents of Chamasari gram sabha say unregulated road-cutting debris has blocked river flow and weakened fragile limestone slopes, raising fears of landslides and flooding as the monsoon approaches
Kerala’s debt write-off for Wayanad landslide survivors marks a new chapter in disaster justice
K A Shaji
04 Feb 2026
5 min read
Heatwaves and lightning should be added to national disaster list, Finance Commission says
Raju Sajwan
02 Feb 2026
4 min read
Kamchatka Quake: Latest updates
DTE Staff
30 Jul 2025
Himalaya-Karakoram glacial flood risks poorly assessed, study warns
Akshit Sangomla
29 Jan 2026
4 min read
Indian townships are rebuilding after landslides — but not everyone will benefit
Ipshita Basu
20 Jan 2026
4 min read
West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America’s aging flood defenses
Farshid Vahedifard
31 Dec 2025
7 min read
Minutes that save lives: Inside India’s tsunami early warning system
Praveen Sakalya
26 Dec 2025
3 min read
Lightning an understated disaster in India: Experts call for deeper understanding of atmospheric electricity
Akshit Sangomla
23 Dec 2025
4 min read
Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?
Missaka Nandalochana Hettiarachchi
22 Dec 2025
4 min read
When disaster becomes a festival: Rethinking media coverage of the Wayanad landslide
Anto P Cheerotha
20 Dec 2025
3 min read
Year of extremes: India hit by disasters on 331 of 334 days in 2025, up from 295 in 2024 and 292 in 2022
Kiran Pandey
18 Dec 2025
6 min read
2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
Shuang-Ye Wu
16 Dec 2025
5 min read
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