Shipwreck records and tree rings unveil Caribbean hurricane history—and clues to the future

In an attempt to better understand hurricanes, researchers recreate hundreds of years of hurricane records with Spanish shipwreck logs and tree …

CAG had warned state about lack of disaster preparedness

Uttarakhand has not even compiled baseline data of frequency and intensity of natural disasters in the past

No signs of science

Shaky business

A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat's homes to rubbles

25 years of Odisha Super Cyclone: A study of Jagatsinghpur shows advances & the way ahead

Since 1999, the cyclone shelter capacity in Padampur fell significantly short of what was needed

Flood situation in Bihar, UP and Rajasthan critical; Army, Air Force on alert

About 200,000 people have reportedly lost their homes in flood-hit Bihar

Flaws in India's tsunami warning system

India's first radio on disaster management

Rebuild to tame cyclones

Commendable emergency response to cyclone Fani saved lives in Odisha, but now the state must build climate-resilient structures to minimise long-…

Cyclone Fani: The tale of a weird storm

Here is our entire coverage on the cyclonic storm that barrelled through Odisha on May 3, 2019

Simply put: Bihar’s blue kharif

Remembering Bhopal

Justice denied

‘A multi-sectoral approach to adaptation finance would help strengthen allied sectors’

Sub-regions of both south and south-west Asia will witness extremes in precipitation and droughts

Remembering the 1982 Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Even after 34 years of the tragedy, the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy are still awaiting justice.

Bhopal Gas Disaster

Thousands killed; a generation left to struggle-but does the world's biggest industrial disaster resonate with today's indians, two-thirds of …

Disaster Risk Governance in India and Cross Cutting Issues

Different types of disasters faced by Indian states are covered, including geophysical and hydrometeorological hazards.

Geysers can help predict quakes

Erratic eruptions of gushing hot springs have been recorded before the occurrence of tremors. Though scientists are not sure why this happens, …

Heat wave claims over 600 lives

Odisha, Andhra request Centre to recognise heat wave as natural calamity

Natural disasters cost $232 bln in 2019

At a loss of $2.98 tln, 2009-2019 was the costliest decade

Disastrous year!

Lack of clean water, sanitation facilities put quake survivors in Turkey at risk

Current situation might lead to waterborne infections, which would be particularly devastating to children

Mockery or mock drill?

Sonal Matharu wonders when nature strikes unannounced what is the point of pre-announced mock drills

Republic quaked

Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government-made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out …

Climate change increases the risk of extreme wildfires around Cape Town — but it can be addressed

Extreme wildfire events occur almost exclusively under extreme fire weather conditions