Medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE quake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar
Even at a distance of 900 years, accounts of the 1114 earthquake reveal historical societies went about recording natural disasters in terms that …
Why women need to be at the heart of disaster response: Lessons from Odisha Super Cyclone
Women are not only the most affected during and after disasters but also often act as first responders
Assam floods: Why is Lakhimpur district always badly hit?
Dikorni river from Papuma Pare, Subansiri river from Lower Siang contribute majorly to flooding in the district
Odisha, Andamans most prepared to reach climate action SDG: Government
The SDG Index and Dashboard brought out by the NITI Aayog also gauged India's preparedness for disasters, its saving of carbon dioxide, its share …
Odisha’s tourism sector hit by Cyclone Fani
The cyclone hit Odisha coast at a time when large number of tourists were expected to flock to the state
What makes 2017 Atlantic hurricane season unprecedented?
Tropical cyclones like hurricanes and typhoons are changing character due to global warming. Not only are they becoming more frequent, wind …
Lok Sabha discusses losses due to natural calamities since 2012
Only 59 per cent of the funds allocated for relief operations were actually released in 2015 as compared to 77 per cent in 2012
Earth-shaking intervention
An earthquake rocks El Salvador causing widespread destruction. Deforestation aggravates the situation
Learning from the Gujarat quake
It is more than two years since the terrible earthquake struck Gujarat. In this period the catastrophe-struck areas have witnessed rehabilitation …
Hamoon: Odisha prepares for brewing cyclonic storm; sends out warnings to farmers, fisherfolk
Light to moderate rain is likely to lash the coastal districts of Odisha
India gets World Bank credit to mitigate cyclones
Bank to extend US $412.4 million for capacity building in eight coastal states
UN reviews road safety plan
India struggles to clear its image of being the accident capital of the world
Trunks from houses
For a change
Is India heading for a deadly spell of heatwave again?
Amid forecast of a record-breaking warm year, the India Meteorological Department warns of a warmer than normal summer
South Bengal ravaged by Cyclone Amphan
Around 10-12 people may have died and property worth a lakh crore rupees destroyed, Mamata Banerjee tells reporters
Raining troubles
Little-understood western disturbances have been blamed for most of the freak weather events in India in the past decade. With 50 per cent of its …
Struck by ‘swarm’ of tremors, Palghar’s woes keep escalating
Villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district claim repeat tremors, government apathy have left them in the lurch
Deadly dam burst in Brazil puts mining company under scanner
Brazil’s Federal Police accuse mining company Samarco of wilful misconduct in relation to a deadly dam burst in November 2015
Uttarakhand disaster was result of extreme rains and haphazard development: report
National Institute of Disaster Management suggests guidelines and action plans for development activities after compilation of comprehensive data
Learning from faults
An early 20th century US earthquake teaches lessons in tectonics
Drought and livestock
INDUNDATED by excuses
Mass-migrations remain the only way out for Bihar's flood-affected people
IMPENDING DANGER
Cyclones in India