Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management
The impact of floods has become more severe due to land degradation, human pressures & over-extraction of groundwater
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
Simply Put: 10, Drowning Street
Flood Sans River Kadi
Kerala lacks a flood warning system: Government official
Flood warnings that don’t break the banks
Global number of weather disasters has increased by five times over the last 50 years
Kerala battles worst floods since 1924, says CM
The floods in this monsoon season have caused the state a loss of Rs 8,316 crore
Mumbai deluge raises same old question: Why are Indian cities flooded again and again
Ignoring telltale warning signs and repeating past mistakes won't help.
Flood Sans River NARSINPURA
Flood Sans River LIMBADI
Flood Sans River LAKHTAR
Disaster insurance gains traction in East Africa as small-scale farmers in Kenya receive flood compensation
300 households in Kenya’s Tana River receive over $90,000 as compensation
Northern India floods will prompt insurance companies to hike premiums: Expert
Industry’s loss ratio will likely remain high at 75.2% in 2023
FIGHT AGAINST FLOOD
IN PHOTOS: Tropical storm Ana kills at least 70 in Africa, disrupts lives of thousands
Double whammy for Madagascar that is already fighting food crisis
Double trouble heading for Jammu and Kashmir
After a brief pause, heavy rains will resume on Wednesday
Odisha’s Kandhamal evacuates people amid flood threat
Vamsadhara river at Kasinagar and the Baitarani at Rajghat breach danger levels
Concerns over social-distancing as floods affect 300,000 in Assam
Two dead so far, around 20,000 in relief camps
Nepal earthquakes might have triggered outburst of Sikkim lake that expanded rapidly in 11 days, shows data
Dam being examined; bodies being recovered as Teesta recedes
Sikkim floods: Glacial lakes hold paleoenvironmental traces. What happens to them during outbursts?
Moraine-bound lakes like Sikkim's South Lhonak contain geological archives called varves
El Niño-triggered floods claim 72 lives in Peru
More floods to be expected, says the national weather service
Floods affect more than a million in Assam despite rainfall deficit in state
The situation may worsen in the next 48 hours
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
COVID-19: Bihar flood control works stalled amid lockdown
Several embankment repair and maintenance works hit as workers head back home
Monsoon 2022: Himachal sees 7 cloudbursts, 31 flash floods in a month
Cold desert region affected; 133 deaths due to calamities reported in state