Twelve years later, impact of Tsunami still makes waves

Down To Earth revists the causes of the massive earthquake that triggered tsunami 12 years ago and the progress scientists have made towards …

Southern Chile hit by 7.6-magnitude earthquake; infrastructural damage reported

Though there were at least dozens of weaker aftershocks, damage was restricted to the highway that runs across Chiloe Island

Cyclone Vardah wreaks havoc in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh

Four people killed in Tamil Nadu after heavy rainfall with wind gusting at 120-130kmph lashed Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur

Death by lightning: facts and figures

Lightning has killed 56 in Bihar and 42 in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours. Here are some numbers that define this leading cause of accidental …

6.9 temblor strikes Indo-Myanmar border, tremors felt across east and Northeast India

Second consecutive quake to strike South Asia in a week; 6.6 magnitude temblor had struck Afghanistan last weekend

Chennai struggles as rains lash Tamil Nadu for second time in a week

Just weeks ago, Chennai was staring at the possibility of a severe water shortage as storage in reservoirs stood at an abysmal 90 per cent deficit

West Bengal, Manipur witness floods, landslides due to torrential downpour

The release of dam water has aggravated the situation in Bengal where 83 people have died till now

‘Faults inactive for long period could pose greater hazard’

Chan Lung-sang, professor at Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, speaks to Kundan Pandey about the probability of a bigger …

No two droughts are alike

Natural calamities provide opportunity for promoting renewable energy

Relief stalled

New priorities

Flood, again

Meghalaya government and environment activists blame deforestation in Garo Hills for recent flood even as official data counters their claims

Winds of change

El Nio, a weather phenomenon caused by a complex interaction between atmospheric and oceanic conditions has ushered in drought, forest fires and …

Scrutinising disasters

FLOOD STUDIES IN INDIA Kale, Vishwas S . Geological Society of India (Memoir; 41) . Bangalore . 1998 . 256 pp

Still life in waves

The visual media is into the business of producing images. Sometimes, just sometimes, they become iconic. For disasters there is a recognisable …

A wake-up call

Britain's worst ever flood in 50 years could be a result of global warming

Pilgrims discounted

Uttarakhand is still vulnerable to a disaster like last year's because of unregulated tourism

Ready for only tourists

Uttarakhand government has carried out rehabilitation projects only in tourist circles and ignored other areas that were hit by floods last year

Devastated still

Months after disaster struck Uttarakhand, government has done little to improve people’s lives

Chaotic response to calamity

The killer quake struck unexpectedly in the still of the night. Entire villages were flattened and thousands perished. Though rescue and relief …

Himalayan calamity

The Himalayan region accounted for 44 per cent of all the disasters reported in India 

Mocha likely to be the 2nd strongest cyclone to hit Myanmar in a decade

The cyclone can impact low-lying & flood-prone areas in Rakhine 

Chennai Airport opens for traffic day after Cyclone Michaung wrought havoc on metropolis

Eight people killed in and around Chennai due to Michaung

Michaung heads for coastal Andhra Pradesh

Big impact around 12 noon on December 5