This year will be warmest in more than 170 years, WMO confirms in report launched at COP28
Libya Medicane, Cyclone Freddy, accelerating Antarctic sea ice loss and rising sea levels caused as due to intense warming in first 10 months of 2023
Tropical cyclones cause more damage than we think — and India among countries facing high social cost of carbon
Extreme weather events drive up these costs by more than 20% globally
Early warning for all: WMO unveils $3.1 bn plan at COP27
Early warning systems have still not reached 33% of the global population
Five African countries among top 10 affected by extreme weather in 2019: Germanwatch
India incurred the maximum losses due to extreme weather in 2019
Phailin, floods, now government apathy
People wait for food, water, medical aid, and assistance to rebuild homes
How disasters, poverty fuel human trafficking
Natural disasters triggered 30.7 million displacements globally in 2020
Rabi crops at risk? Northwest, central India dry due to lack of western disturbances
Anomalous non-existence of western disturbances in the region since mid-November
Odisha report on housing ‘irregularities’ under Centre’s lens
MPs allege that 85% of 1.2 million PMAY-G beneficiaries in state ineligible for scheme
Cyclonic rains ravage coastal Andhra; death toll rises to 25
Crops on 250,000 hectares destroyed, 60,000 people in relief camps
Another atmospheric river storm is battering California
Emergency declared in the US state; Third such storm to affect it since December 26
Countdown to monsoon arrival starts
Will the southwest monsoon arrive on time over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Evacuation leads to tragedy; two feared dead as boat capsizes in Odisha
Seaside village residents say boat was overloaded
Phailin affects tourism in Odisha
Many villages near tourist sites in the state are dependent on tourism
Nilam lands at Mahabalipuram on Tamil Nadu coast
Over 4,000 people evacuated to relief camps
Frequent extreme weather events may lead to decline in Olive Ridley turtle population: Experts
Global warming may affect gender-ratio of Olive Ridley turtles
Hudhud: Modi announces Rs 1,000 crore interim aid for Andhra Pradesh
State assesses initial damage assessed at over Rs 43,000 crore, excluding crop damage
Hudhud causes heavy rains across Chhattisgarh
Extensive agricultural damage expected
Mocha brings high humidity, heat-related illnesses for coastal Odisha residents
Low-level winds bringing in moisture from Bay of Bengal to blame
Hudhud ravages Vizag, kills three in Andhra Pradesh
Evacuation of people to safer areas helped minimise casualty
Lehar to intensify into very severe cyclonic storm
High alert in Andhra Pradesh; preparations are in full-swing
Hudhud death toll mounts to 35
Almost 250,000 people affected; more than 144,000 hectares of crop damaged
Phailin impact: villages plunge into darkness
Officials promise to restore power in a week, but it may take much longer
‘Phailin’s wind speed exceeds that of 1999 super cyclone’
Where India Met office differs from private forecasters
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 13, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Nilam effect: heavy crop loss in coastal Andhra districts
Kharif season started with drought and ended with floods