State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Landslides
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Arunachal Pradesh gets highly trained disaster response force
Two companies of State Disaster Response Force of Arunachal Pradesh in two batches completed their disaster management training at 1st AAP BN Chimpu location in Itanagar. 1st National Disaster Response
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ADB Gives $200-M Loan to U’khand
The Asian Development Bank today signed a $200 million loan agreement with India to help rehabilitate people who were affected by floods and landslides in Uttarakhand last June. “The loan will help
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S & T intervention for post-disaster reconstruction efforts in Uttarakhand
There is a need to develop short term, medium term and long term strategy for reconstruction, rehabilitation and developmental activities of Uttarakhand. This include: Damage assessment, geographical mapping
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Project to protect upcountry road network
The government will initiate a project to protect and reinforce the upcountry road network, specially places threatened by landslides, with the assistance of the Japanese government this year. Ports,
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13 killed, 40,000 displaced in flash flood, landslide in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
The number of death toll in flash floods and landslide in North Sulawesi province of eastern Indonesia rose to 13 on Thursday, with 2 people still missing and about 40,000 others fleeing to escape the
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Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods up to 22
Twenty-two people have been killed and nearly 200,000 others evacuated as floods and landslides hit a southern Philippine region still recovering from a deadly 2012 typhoon, the government said on Tuesday.
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Deadly Flooding Hits the Philippines
At least 13 people have been killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes by flooding and landslides caused by days of incessant rain in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Monday the
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Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven by the expanding
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Uttarakhand government figures suggest June calamity claimed over 4,300 lives
A total of 4,364 people lost their lives during the recent rainfall and flash floods in Uttarakhand, the government told Parliament on Tuesday. "As per the information received from the government of
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9 killed, 1,141 missing from UP in Uttarakhand floods: Akhilesh Yadav
Nine persons were killed and 1,141 others went missing from Uttar Pradesh in Uttarakhand's catastrophic floods in June, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday informed the Assembly. "A total of nine