Simply Put: Homless in a cyclone

Mocha is the strongest cyclone on Earth so far in this year

There have been 16 cyclones so far this year in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria kills hundreds

Turkey is one of the world’s most active earthquake zones

FLOOD FACTSHEET: Monsoon may be on a break, not deluge

How floods have affected India by in the first half of 2021

At least 91 killed, 200 injured in Indonesia after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Lombok island

This was the second earthquake in Indonesia in a week

A perfect thunderstorm is made up of...

'Beast from The East' – the science behind Europe's Siberian chill

Explaining how the wind chill came to Europe's doorstep

Goa ammonia gas leak: Two women hospitalised; hundreds evacuated from Chicalim village

No casualty has been reported so far

Kosi, a wild prisoner

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

7.8 magnitude temblor rocks Indonesia, tsunami warnings issued and withdrawn later

No loss of life has been reported yet

Thousands evacuate parts of British Columbia as wildfires rage in Kelowna and Okanagan

Canada is experiencing a record-setting wildfire season, with official estimates of more than 14 million hectares already burned

How a cyclone created a new nation

The discontent of the millions displaced was politicised, eventually leading to a civil war and the birth of a new republic named Bangladesh

India’s extreme weather events | October 2022

At least 197 people died due to the extreme weather events in October. This roughly works out to six deaths a day for the month

Shockwaves of the submarine volcano in Tonga felt till Chennai

Shockwaves generated by Tonga volcano travelled at a speed of around 1,200 kmph to reach the skies of Chennai 10 hours after the event

Cyclone Yaas to hit Odisha coast on May 26 morning

Around 400,000 people have been evacuated from the coastal districts of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Balasore

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

Heatwave: Passing phase or a natural calamity?

It is time heatwaves are treated as a natural calamity and some form of compensation system is devised while investing more in creating more …

Localised phenomenon, trough behind Nepal storm?

Twenty-five people have died and 400 injured in the storm that struck southern Nepal on March 31

Two decades of Earth data at your fingertips

Check out NASA's latest offering on two decades of changes on Earth, namely detailed views of volanoes fuming, hurricanes flooding, dams being …

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

Drought in Australia to intensify, fuels winter bush fires

Fire fighters in New South Wales are battling 81 grass and bushfires, 38 of which remained uncontained

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

From Kilauea to Fuego: three things you should know about volcano risk

Although each volcano is different, there are some generalisations that help us understand what these risks are likely to be

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

Predicting volcanic eruptions: real-time infrasound monitoring can help

For predicting eruptions in future, data from seismic activity and gaseous emissions can be integrated into real-time infrasound monitoring