Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Mercury is on the rise in most Madhya Pradesh districts with the day temperature reaching 40 degrees celsius. The districts of Satna, Rewa and Gwalior recorded temperature of 40 degrees which was seven to eight degrees above normal during the past 24 hours. Similar rise in temperature was recorded in Jabalpur, Sagar Unjjain and Chambal divisions.
China's Tibet region was on Wednesday jolted by two earthquakes measuring 5.7 and 5.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale, the Earthquake Networks Centre said. The first 5.7-magnitude quake struck at around 10.06 am (local time) and the second 5.5-magnitude hit 38 minutes later, both in northern Tibet's Nyainrong County, Nagqu Prefecture. No reports of casualties or damage were available.
An avalanche struck a remote mountainous area of northern Afghanistan two weeks ago, killing 35 people and burying homes beneath the snow, a provincial official said on Tuesday.
A small earthquake struck northern Haiti, collapsing an apartment building and killing at least three persons, a UN spokesman said. Residents said the tremor struck Haiti
GUDJON HELGASON t and PAISLEY DODDS REYKJAVIK, ICELAND A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
Foundation stone laid for shifting of Basapur B.S. Yeddyurappa BASAPUR (Dharwad District):Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa expressed the hope that the construction of about 65,000 houses for people displaced by floods would be completed before the onset of monsoon.
REYKJAVIK (Iceland): Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Hong Kong: Researchers in Japan have designed a superelastic iron alloy which they hope can be used in sophisticated heart and brain surgeries and even buildings in earthquake zones.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Flood Control Board today approved projects worth Rs 2,850.83 crore to contain floods and create more irrigation potential for the farmers. The projects approved at the meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik include the Salandi Sanskara Project, Bramhani-Kelua-Birupa Doab projects and 121 other small projects.
Determined to maximise kharif production irrespective of the rainfall situation this year the government has asked the states to prepare detailed contingency plans to deal with a drought like situation.