What are Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)? Why do we need to pay attention to them?
Some of the most catastrophic floods in the Hindu Kush Himalayas have been caused by glacial lake outburst events. The last recorded GLOF event …
Simply Put: Noah’s Ark 2.0
India may lose 3-10% of its GDP annually by 2100 due to climate change
India’s poverty rate may rise by 3.5 per cent in 2040 due to climate change
Flood alert sounded in Srinagar
Signal given after the Jhelum river crossed the flood alert mark in the city
Northeast flood death toll rises to 23
4 died due to floods and landslide in Assam since Friday
India and Pakistan can future-proof their threatened rivers
Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters is planning to visit Pakistan in March to attend the annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission
What are cloudbursts and why are they increasing in India?
Cloudbursts and resulting landslides are likely to increase in future with rise in greenhouse gas emissions
How farmers united in Punjab and Haryana during the 2023 floods
For every farmer whose crop has been ruined, there is another one who is sending him saplings from hundreds of kilometres away
Kerala flood mitigation: Chengannur canal case study
Ensuring flow in state’s blocked-out waterways can help prevent floods; public participation is important
This man saved his village from flash floods, reclaimed surrounding sal forests
He constructed the first check dam in Jamtoli village in Jharkhand to ensure heavy rains don't wash away farms
DTE recommends: What to read, watch, do
Here's all about a book on the heroic fishermen of the 2018 Kerala floods, documentary film on large-scale mining, photo exhibition in the US and more
500,000 cattle dead in Australia floods
Australia’s beef industry is expected to be severely hit and could take several decades to recover
Understanding link between extreme rainfall events and floods
Scientific evidence of global warming leading to more moisture in atmosphere, causing extreme precipitation doesn't show these causes more floods
Deluge in the desert: Saudi Arabia’s devastating floods wreak havoc
Heavy rains that started on November 10 will continue to lash the kingdom in the next 2 days. More than 30 people have died across the country so far
Flooding of Savitri river leads to Mumbai-Goa highway bridge collapse
The bridge couldn't withstand the high pressure caused by flooding due to incessant rain
Concerns over social-distancing as floods affect 300,000 in Assam
Two dead so far, around 20,000 in relief camps
Two more rhinos poached in Kaziranga
Water beneath our homes
Expressway on sliding sand
Flood sans river
Double trouble in Bundelkhand
Washout
Rain, floods disrupt life in north and east India
Hyderabad storm water management: Missed potential and way forward
Due to a multiplicity of authorities, the stormwater infrastructure in the city is largely unequipped to handle moderate or extreme rainfall …
Pakistan braces for more floods
Standing crop over thousands of hectares in the country has been destroyed by the floods that have wreaked havoc in India as well
Droughts after deluges
As the glaciers recede, the frequency of natural hazards such as floods and cloudbursts will increase