Making sense of erratic monsoon, sporadic flooding

Although the average rainfall has reduced over the last 60 years, the day to day variability in rainfall during monsoon months has increased

What happened to India’s flood management plan?

There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …

Madhya Pradesh floods: death toll rises to 24; nearly 25,000 evacuated

Twenty-two of 51 districts in Madhya Pradesh have been affected by heavy rains

8 million deaths, economic losses amounting to $7 trillion due to disasters since 1900

Floods accounted for 60 per cent of the economic losses and nearly half of the deaths

Deluge despite deficit

This year, floods have occurred even in areas that are arid or have received less than normal rainfall. As erratic weather events become more …

Lok Sabha discusses losses due to natural calamities since 2012

Only 59 per cent of the funds allocated for relief operations were actually released in 2015 as compared to 77 per cent in 2012