Flood fury: writing was on the wall

Uttarakhand is all too familiar with disasters. A look at the man-made factors that have aggravated disasters in the past, and have yet continued …

Shifting Ganga creats islands disputed

In the post-monsoon months of September and October, the Ganga often rises to flood vast tracts of border land in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. As the …

Simply Put: Keep away from water’s edge

Simply Put: Of pandemics & deluge

Simply put: Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers

Kosi, a wild prisoner

An engineering folly unfolds over a week-long journey along the Kosi river in Bihar

Libya Floods: A deadly combination of climate crisis & political neglect

The country ravaged by war for over a decade now was hit by storm Daniel, which led to over 5,000 deaths

Infographic: Extreme weather events in India from January to September 2022

A comprehensive analysis of the extreme weather events India faced from January-September this year

Climate change will intensify pressure on Ghana’s Weija dam which provides water to Accra

Catchment-level water management in the Accra plains can address the flood risk to the capital city of four million inhabitants, says new report

Sunita Narain: We have to build a climate-resilient world to end human suffering from climate change

The world’s climate crisis means we are seeing more intense storms, rising sea levels, increased drought and more human suffering. In an …

Breaking silos in disaster management

An integrated approach involving all concerned stakeholders can help farmers combat the ill-effects of climate-induced natural disasters

Water levels recede in Kolhapur, troubles don’t

Damaged houses, no source of clean water are what residents of this flood-battered Kolhapur village came back to

Flash floods alert in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura

East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh and Barpeta, Dhubri and Sonitpur districts of Assam are in the 'above normal flood situation' category

54,000 evacuated in Manila floods

Floods triggered by the southwest monsoon is being likened to the 2009 typhoon Ketsana, which killed hundreds in Metro Manila

After forest fires, Uttarakhand is now hit by cloudburst; Kumaon region badly affected

Apart from the cloudbursts, there have been heavy rains in several districts of Uttarakhand

Mumbai once again on the verge of deluge, but why?

Heavy rains expose Mumbai’s vulnerability and the city’s preparedness repeatedly comes under criticism. Despite witnessing …

China on alert as Nida makes way to mainland after Hong Kong

Nida had earlier passed over the Philippines and is said to be the strongest typhoon in the region since 1983

Flash floods in Kerala: A junked breakwater plan may have been Achilles’ heel

Flooding revealed lack of disaster preparedness; more rain expected this week

Chennai rains break multiple century-long records

Large parts of the city have remained inundated over most of the past three weeks

For a change

South Asia

Little harvest, less land to till

Leh farmers face losses as flood debris rendered land uncultivable

India’s urban floods: Why we need to look at nature-based solutions

Solutions to reduce the loss of lives and livelihoods from urban floods; Can be exercised by individuals and local govts

Did poor government handling in Kerala cause 2018 floods? Yes, says CAG

From floodplain identification to flood hazard map to availability of rain gauges, CAG report points out shortcomings in Kerala’s flood response

‘Greed will consume the village’: Chipko birthplace questions its choice after Chamoli disaster

Following the flash floods of February 7, residents of Reni village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district want to relocate