COVID-19, floods and landslides: What Uttarakhand needs to brace for

An above-normal monsoon, as predicted by IMD, may cause the state to experience interweaving challenges of flooding or landslide events  

Surviving heatwaves: What can India learn from France

Heatwave events caused 22,223 deaths from 1992 to 2015 in India 

Is India heading for a deadly spell of heatwave again?

Amid forecast of a record-breaking warm year, the India Meteorological Department warns of a warmer than normal summer

लू की भयंकरता और बढ़ेगी

मई के आखिरी हफ्ते में उत्तर भारत लगातार लू यानी हीटवेव की चपेट में रहा और इससे अब भी राहत मिलती नजर नहीं आ रही ...

जानलेवा हवा

भारत में हीटवेव तीसरी सबसे बड़ी “हत्यारन” के रूप में उभरी है। इसका दायरा बढ़ रहा है और यह नए-नए क्षेत्रों को चपेट में ...

तकनीक और सामुदायिक समझ से मिल सकेंगे भूस्‍खलन के संकेत

भूवैज्ञानिक सर्वेक्षण संस्थान रिमोट सेंसिंग और भौगोलिक सूचना तंत्र जैसी तकनीकों की मदद से भूस्‍खलन संवेदनशीलता मानचित्र बनाने में जुटा

हत्यारन लू को प्राकृतिक आपदा नहीं मानती सरकार

राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रबंधन कानून, 2005 और आपदा प्रबंधन की राष्ट्रीय नीति, 2009 में लू को प्राकृतिक आपदाओं की सूची में शामिल नहीं किया गया ...

हीट वेव अब तक एनडीएमए की 12 आपदाओं में शामिल नहीं

एनएमडीए ने मौसम विभाग व स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय के साथ मिलकर एक रूपरेखा बनाई। 

What India should do to tackle climate impacts

All development programmes need to incorporate features to tackle climate change risks and act locally

Heatwave kills 36 people, most in Andhra Pradesh

Churu, which saw the temperatures soar beyond 50 degrees Celsius, has not registered even a single death

What makes 2017 Atlantic hurricane season unprecedented?

Tropical cyclones like hurricanes and typhoons are changing character due to global warming. Not only are they becoming more frequent, wind …

Remembering 2013 Uttarakhand Floods

In June 2013, flashfloods in Uttarakhand wiped out settlements and decimated lives. Here’s a throwback to our investigation into the …

India releases first ever national disaster management plan

The plan spells out the roles of all tiers of the government, including panchayats and urban local bodies

SC directs Centre to formulate a national plan for disaster management

As per Section 11 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, a national plan is to be drawn up by the National Executive Committee

Manipur earthquake leaves trail of destruction

Lost lives, cracks in a dam, a damaged women’s market, and about 165 collapsed buildings tell the story of a devastating quake

Centre announces Rs 940 crore, but Tamil Nadu yet to learn from disasters

As floods in Tamil Nadu cause a financial dent and Chennai is declared a disaster zone, a look at the rescue efforts and what’s missing in …

Severe cyclone strikes Odisha

It will continue ravage the coastal districts till early morning; scale of devastation will be known by late Sunday morning

How effective is India's disaster management authority?

Central agency has failed to carry out most of its functions in past 7 years

Lake made by landslide debris bursts, causes flash floods in Kargil

Six bridges have been washed away by the floods; remote mountainous villages in Ladakh at risk

Floods in north and east India kill 120 people

Release of flood waters from Nepal affect large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Jammu and Kashmir was unprepared for flood fury

State did not have forecasting system or a disaster management plan in place

NDMA vice-chairperson's post vacant for three months

Members of the apex disaster management body asked to leave after new government came to power at Centre

Natural disasters: why are we always so unprepared?

Government agencies merely shift blame but take no action to plan and prepare ahead

CSE points out lapses in building regulations in India

The condition and quality of Indian building stock is poor when it comes to seismic performance. In Delhi, almost 80 per cent of buildings …

Kargil: Wall of landslide debris over river at risk of collapse

A tributary of the Zanskar river remains blocked due to landslide debris, threatening life in the valley. National Disaster Management Authority …