'Natural disasters are shaped by social and economic inequality'

Down To Earth speaks to historian Ben Kingsbury, who, in his book An Imperial Disaster: The Bengal Cyclone of 1876, says natural disasters are …

Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do

The evidence from Italy and other earthquakes is damning: structures are not generally earthquake-proof

Early action can mitigate impact of disaster; Africa sets an example

A pilot project in three African countries shows how vulnerable communities can survive climate disasters if early actions are taken

Photo-copy

If this is world's best in photojournalism, then it is shocking. Make no mistakes. Most of the photographs, featured at the Annual World Press …

Look within

And not ape the disaster management laws of other nations

Turn to nature

Mangroves and other vegetation can help resist tsunamis

Badly prepared

Disaster preparedness should be built into development programmes

Thailand’s new early warning technology to protect 70 million from disasters

The country suffered economic loss due to natural disasters from 2009-2018 to the tune of $46,055,161  

Disasters, conflicts triggered 5 mln displacements in India in 2019

India's tally highest among 33 mln globally

Centre announces Rs 940 crore, but Tamil Nadu yet to learn from disasters

As floods in Tamil Nadu cause a financial dent and Chennai is declared a disaster zone, a look at the rescue efforts and what’s missing in …

Nairobi Declaration set to fast track disaster risk reduction work

Sendai Framework aims to substantially reduce disaster risk and losses in lives and livelihoods 

India releases first ever national disaster management plan

The plan spells out the roles of all tiers of the government, including panchayats and urban local bodies

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

Home makers

Women of Latur exemplify how people alone can put an end to their misery

Hurricane Matthew is just the latest unnatural disaster to strike Haiti

At least 1,000 people perished when Hurricane Matthew battered Haiti last week, destroying houses and displacing tens of thousands

Tremors feared

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Shock absorbers

Earthquake-resistant buildings minimise damage as a 6.8 Richter earthquake rocks Seattle

SC directs Centre to formulate a national plan for disaster management

As per Section 11 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, a national plan is to be drawn up by the National Executive Committee

For a change

International Disaster Risk Reduction Day: Why being prepared is key to overcoming 21st century challenges

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it abundantly clear that it is not enough for authorities to prepare for single disasters

Rebuilding lives and livelihoods in Karnataka’s Kodagu

The district received unprecedented rain last year, followed by landslides in nearly 40 villages; nine months later, lives of the affected …

Stumbling blocks

The Gujarat earthquake struck at the very foundation of urban India. The disaster highlighted the haphazard manner in which the country's towns …

35 years of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: I waited for 20 years, but nobody studied autopsy samples

D K Satpathy, former head of the Medico-legal Institute of Madhya Pradesh, had preserved hundreds of autopsy samples of gas victims, but none of …

Bhopal must never be forgotten, indeed must be fixed

Bhopal gas tragedy exposed how systems of corporate liability remain grossly inadequate in a world that uses high-risk technology