Exercises in upgradation

Submerged

The floods in Bangladesh show no sign of abating

Logging ban

Authorities plan reforestation scheme to combat floods

CHINA

Hell and high-water

...China experiences both as floods imperil the lives of thousands

Venice in peril

In the absence of a strategy to combat the frequent floods, the city of Venice may drown

FLOOD HAVOC

After rattling Chennai, cyclone Nada to bring rain in Karnataka

Waterlogging was reported in certain low-lying areas due to non-completion of stormwater drain works

Just 3 of every 1,000 queries in Lok Sabha during last 2 decades on climate change: Study

Most of the MPs who asked questions were based in Maharashtra (181), Andhra Pradesh (105), Tamil Nadu (99), Uttar Pradesh (98) and Kerala (69)

Kerala shows the risk of severe floods is still evolving

The crisis is a timely reminder that climate change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of severe flooding across the world

Heavy rain alert in Mumbai this weekend; how prepared is the city?

Storm water drains are being cleaned; Mithi river has been widened, but flood sensors are yet to be installed in five rivers and two lakes

What made the rain in Hurricane Harvey so extreme?

Combination of unusually high rain rates and long duration has resulted in a very large area with 30 to 45 inches of rain in a few days

A wake up call against weather disasters

Since COP1 in 1995, about four billion people have been injured, left homeless or in need of emergency assistance as a result of weather-related …

Flood decontrol

Every action has an opposite and equal reaction. If you embank a river it bursts its embankments. So much for flood control measures

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 26, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal  

Colonies on floodplains of Yamuna, Hindon: green tribunal issues notices to Centre, states

Petition alleges land mafia encroached floodplains in collusion with administration officials

Blame global warming for Pakistan floods; here’s why

Study finds five-day & 60-day maximum rainfall events this season were once in a 100 years events

Saving Venice

FOLLOW UP

Sunken plan

World will face at least 560 climate disasters every year by 2030, warns UN

Insurance against disasters can help adapt and build back better

NASA images show impact of Cyclone Eloise on Mozambique

Thousands of acres of farmlands have been flooded by the cyclone

Yamuna breaches danger mark in Delhi

Development after Haryana released 8.28 lakh cusecs of water on August 18

Model flood control

British scientists are using computer simulations to see how floods can be tackled

Scheme watch