What India should do to tackle climate impacts
All development programmes need to incorporate features to tackle climate change risks and act locally
On road to recovery
Nepal has banned new constructions till it formulates a fresh building code. Emerging threat of landslides compounds its troubles
Severe cyclone strikes Odisha
It will continue ravage the coastal districts till early morning; scale of devastation will be known by late Sunday morning
A state in chaos
The human cost of the cyclone in Orissa is very high. So is the cost of the damage to the environment. The failure of the state machinery in …
Welcome to cyber city
Computers cannot prevent floods -- a lesson that the Internet-savvy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is learning the hard way
After cyclone Phailin, villages face flood fury
People deny receiving any supply materials, aid
Spate of neglect
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: Challenges in building resilience & way forward
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 held in Bali in May 2022 offered solutions
At least 25 dead in Bihar in wake of Nepal earthquake
Districts in Kosi belt, closest to Nepal, bear the brunt of tremors arising from Himalayan nation
Resort to heritage
Bangladesh is betting big on its traditional form of farming: floating gardens. Can it help climate-proof the country?
We still have to reach the interiors
W Selvamurthy, senior scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), shrugs off the body’s responsibility towards …
Risky slope: What makes Dharamshala vulnerable to landslides
Anthropogenic pressure adds to high risk of earthquakes in this Himachal city
Hudhud ravages Vizag, kills three in Andhra Pradesh
Evacuation of people to safer areas helped minimise casualty
How to avert disasters
Orissa cyclone death toll was higher due to the destruction of mangrove forests
Science is a political orphan
Guidelines to manage chemical disasters
Leh’s labour lost
Half-built houses, no labourers. Winter threatens to be harsh
Old ‘Temples of Modern India’: Can India decommission ageing dams it has been warned about?
Dams have affected new ways of land use and life so much that many societies cannot think of a life beyond them anymore
After 7.9 shock
The earthquake that shook Nepal and northern India underscores the urgency to understand the seismicity of the Himalayas and to improve the …
World Bank to lend Sri Lanka US $100 million for building climate resilience
The island nation has also signed an agreement for a loan of up to US $102 million in case of a natural disaster is declared an emergency
“The climate crisis is here and now”
Increasing risk of extreme weather has made it easier to have conversations on environment in El Salvador, the country’s minister of …
Hudhud death toll mounts to 35
Almost 250,000 people affected; more than 144,000 hectares of crop damaged
Marathwada's dry story
How poor policies pushed the region into one of its worst droughts ever
Flood situation worsens in Bihar
Rivers flow above danger mark; fear of floods in Patna
No two droughts are alike