Dengue fever is caused by the bite of an Aedes Aegypti mosquito. This female mosquito lays eggs in water containers and plants near your surroundings. The species can survive year round in the subtropical
At least 35 persons have been killed and millions stranded in floods sweeping Bangladesh and Nepal. Torrential rains threatened the closure of Sylhet airport and snapped rail and road links in north
With the monsoon yet to run its course, north Bengal, where the rivers are already in spate, lives in fear.
As northern Bihar reels under heavy floods, the worst in a decade, the State government struggles hard to take relief to the people.
Every year the Brahmaputra and its tributaries bring death and destruction to Assam. Yet, there is no long-term plan to tackle floods in the State.
Bangladesh jittery over India’s river linking scheme
A National Contingency Action Plan (CAP)for dealing with contingencies arising in the wake of natural disasters has been formulated by the Government of India and it had been eriodically updated. It facilitates the launching of relief operations without delay. The CAP identifies the initiatives required to be taken by various Central Ministries/Departments in
At least four people were killed and nearly 2,000 rendered homeless after heavy rains in the western Kenya triggered devastating floods. The rainwater, in the absence of a proper drainage system,
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Flood hazard in a basin depends upon the hydrological response of the upstream basin area. The upstream basin area may produce different amounts of run-off for a given rainfall based on its hydrologic response. The present communication shows the importance of drainage network characteristics in understanding the hydrologic response of a basin. The study is carried out through Geomorphic Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph analysis, wherein Horton's morphometric ratios were used to define the drainage network. A floodprone river basin in north Bihar plains has been selected as a study area.
Flood hazard is one of the most severe problems in the Himalayan river basins. Although floods are essentially hydrological phenomenon, the uneven distribution of floods in the river basin highlights the
