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In photos, the cost of a natural disaster

A new report by reinsurance giant Munich Re reveals that natural disasters caused global economic damage upto $160 billion in 2018. As per the …

Even a modest rise in sea level would heighten tsunami threat globally: study

The capacity for a single tsunami event to devastate coastal areas is rarely considered in coastal planning

NASA highlights loss of mangrove cover on Katchal island in the Nicobars

More than 90% of mangrove cover on the island was lost due to the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Understanding oceans: Why UNESCO wants to map 80% of the world‘s seabed

A total funding of $5 billion (over Rs 37,600 crore) will be required for the project.

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 30, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal   

Earthquake in Indonesia triggers tsunami fear in India

Centre for ocean information services later withdraws tsunami warning for Andaman and Nicobar islands

Japan earthquake triggers Fukushima meltdown fear

The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at 6.9, down from an initial 7.3

A house for the islander

Illogical plans for post-tsunami housing on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands omen trouble

Earthquake strikes off Nicobar Islands

No immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami alert announced as of now  

Harbour wave: New tech is updating our knowledge about how big the rupture on Boxing Day was  

The rupture could have been as long as 1,400 km if a 2021 study is to be believed  

Several MPLAD funds disbursed after disaster events have been misappropriated: Bengal MP

Complete utilisation certificates of funds provided 18 years back after tsunami not submitted yet

How people turn to social media during natural disasters

Social media has redefined communication and made it even better, especially during emergencies

Robots to retrieve radioactive remnants from Fukushima, other retired nuclear plants

The £12 million 'LongOps' project is a collaboration between Japan and UK

Natural disasters cost $232 bln in 2019

At a loss of $2.98 tln, 2009-2019 was the costliest decade

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In transit

Commercial ships provide better tsunami warnings

Earthquake in Odisha leaves one dead, many injured

About 34 villages of two districts in the state are tsunami prone

Six years on, authorities clueless about Fukushima

Abnormally high radiation preventing humans and robots from cleaning the damaged reactors

Fukushima rice passes radiation tests for first time since disaster

The earthquake that hit Japan nearly four years ago had forced the country to stop export of fish and other produce from the area near Fukushima …

US $4 trillion lost in natural disasters over last 30 years

Disaster preparedness will reduce impact, adaptation will bring gains, says World Bank

Saline solution: How MGNREGA helped Nagapattinam recover from the 2004 tsunami

Two villages in the Tamil Nadu district fought soil salinity through MGNREGA

COVID-19: Lessons from past epidemics, natural disasters

India has a robust legal framework for disaster management, yet there are gaps in response and preparedness to fight COVID-19 outbreak

How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster

Japan's nuclear crisis, a warning for India

Sea water being used for the first time to cool the nuclear reactor