Lake made by landslide debris bursts, causes flash floods in Kargil

Six bridges have been washed away by the floods; remote mountainous villages in Ladakh at risk

Did hydel projects have a role in Uttarakhand disaster? asks Supreme Court

Judges express concern over large number of power projects and dams on the Ganga and its tributaries without scientifically assessing their …

Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study

Women use creative ways to manage food and nutrition security in their households in lean months, shows an ongoing study in Faizabad, Uttar …

High rainfall, swelling rivers spread panic in Uttarakhand

Extreme rainfall of the kind witnessed during last year's flood disaster unlikely, say Met officials

Rebuilding Uttarakhand: experts deliberate action plan

Participants at a workshop emphasise on implementation of recommendations while framing future development policy for the state; earlier expert …

Grand distraction called river interlinking

Urban floods: lessons from Jammu & Kashmir

Putting a stop to unmindful concretisation of lake beds and drainage channels can save cities from disastrous floods

Doctors absent in flood-hit areas

Hospitals have not got green signal for deploying teams; state government unclear of medical help actually needed

Natural disasters: why are we always so unprepared?

Government agencies merely shift blame but take no action to plan and prepare ahead

Vishnuprayag hydel project suffers extensive damage

Residents say project managed by Jaiprakash Associates has increased flooding during monsoons

Uttarakhand residents get little succour

They have lost homes, belongings; claim no government aid available as yet

In Srinagar's footsteps?

Unplanned urbanisation is killing lakes that have saved Raipur from floods for over 1,000 years

Thorthormi lake: Bhutan's impending climate disaster

Mission to reduce chances of glacial lake's outburst fails to achieve target

PUBLIC PRESSURE

Flood warning: lost in translation?

Despite having a history of floods, state did not have a disaster management system in place

SC order likely to stall only proposed hydel projects in Uttarakhand

What happens to those that are under construction or have already obtained green clearances?

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

Murdering the Mekong river

The Lao and Thai governments plan to build mainstream dams and irrigation take offs on the river. This will convert this mighty waterway into …

Typhoon Wipha heads to Fukushima

Once-in-a-decade event poses a huge flood potential, say meteorologists

Centre and state join hands to clean the Yamuna

A Special Purpose Vehicle has been created to enable officials to clean the river on the lines of the Sabarmati riverfront model

Floods affect over 60,000 in Assam

Rains swell rivers in Assam beyond danger level; roads, houses submerged

What really happened in Uttarakhand

Latest theory suggests combination of rain and landslides caused the disaster

Rivers' fury

Flood alert in Gujarat

Dam-induced floods feared in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kheda districts

Why Hirakud dam failed to check flood

The river has strayed from its flood control route