European Parliament backs new law to create flood combating systems
Unplanned urbanisation, encroachment blamed for Srinagar flood
Illegal structures had mushroomed on Jhelum’s banks and around lakes, clogging drainage channels
River flood plains remain go zones
Environment ministry dithers on notification seeking to regulate construction activities in flood plains
NASA images show flood water spilling from Yangtze river dams
Water was seen moving through the gates of the Three Gorges Dam to the smaller Gezhouba Dam, around 26 kilometres southeast
Jammu and Kashmir was unprepared for flood fury
State did not have forecasting system or a disaster management plan in place
Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts
State drags its feet over installing early warning systems
How to contain Himalayan tsunamis
The Himalaya has one of the most fragile topographies among mountain ranges of the world on account of being the youngest. Even though its phase …