After rattling Chennai, cyclone Nada to bring rain in Karnataka

Waterlogging was reported in certain low-lying areas due to non-completion of stormwater drain works

Tamil Nadu stands guard as cyclone Nada approaches

Strong winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

One person is displaced every second by disasters

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) estimates that disasters forced more than 19.3 million people in 100 countries to flee their …

Phailin cyclone: how severe?

Experts in the West say Phailin is category 5 tropical cyclone, and may prove to be more devastating than even Hurricane Katrina

Cyclone Helen likely to hit Andhra Pradesh tomorrow

The storm is likely to make a landfall at Kavali coast in Nellore district

Cyclone Helen likely to hit Andhra Pradesh tomorrow

After cyclone Phailin, villages face flood fury

People deny receiving any supply materials, aid

Odisha seaside villagers move to safe places as cyclone Amphan intensifies

Over 567 cyclone shelters and 7,092 buildings have been readied, claimed a state official

Cyclone Gulaab: Heavy rain lashes West Bengal, 2 dead

Large swathes of land in Murshidabad, Nadia, Birbhum, Bankura and the coastal areas inundated

Cyclone Amphan: Waterlogging sparks COVID-19 infection fear in Bengal

Amphan fiercest cyclone to hit Bengal in last few decades, says IMD  

Plant 50 million mangroves in the Sundarbans? Improbable, say experts

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had decided on the plantation to compensate for plants lost during Cyclone Amphan

World will face at least 560 climate disasters every year by 2030, warns UN

Insurance against disasters can help adapt and build back better

Simply Put: Himalayan blunders

Simply put: Turtle pace

Fewer cyclones in Bay of Bengal but frequency increased in Arabian Sea: Report

The trend can be attributed to global warming, say researchers

World’s water cycle severely impacted by climate change and human activities in 2022: WMO

Altered hydrological cycle poses long-term threat for millions’ water security

Simply Put: Poisoned Punjab

Bulbul could have damaged Sundarbans more than Aila but for the low tides

High tide would have meant saline water inundating the delta area

Seaweed: The next big thing in Indian agriculture set to come from the Eastern Coast

The Indian government has come up with a package of Rs 640 crore to promote seaweed cultivation of up to 1.12 million tonnes by 2025; can it succeed?

Coastal erosion: India’s coasts are being damaged; here is how

More than a third of India's coastline that is spread across 6,907 km, witnessed some degree of erosion between 1990 and 2018. West Bengal is the …

Cyclone Titli weakens after damaging crop, infrastructure

Several places in Odisha have received more than 100 mm rainfall and more is expected

A K Ghosh, voice of people of Sundarbans, passes away at 81

The renowned environmentalist also researched on the effects of climate change and extreme weather events on people’s lives

Assam floods 2023: Around 34,000 people affected; IMD predicts heavy rain for next 5 days

Assam gets 2,818 millimetres of rainfall in a year and has received nearly 10 per cent of the rains in the last 10 days

Cyclone Biporjoy likely to make landfall in Gujarat; what is unusual about it?

Biporjoy is unusual because most models could not predict that it would intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm

Cyclone Mocha largely spares Bangladesh but not Myanmar; detailed damage not known yet

Rohingya refugees around Cox’s Bazar saved; but not those in camps of Sittwe city