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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Two more die in Darchula landslide
Two women were killed and two others injured after they were buried under the debris brought by landslide in Chhapari VDC of Darchula district on Sunday. The victims of the latest landslide incident
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Uttarakhand floods: is the disaster human-induced?
Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc on the region because of the fragile nature of the Himalayan range and poor soil stability in its steep slopes. But it is mand-made factors that have compounded the scale
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Floods have shifted focus on us for now, say Tehri villagers
Residents of Charu Khet say they would have been languishing in apathy if not for the deluge It is a small hamlet of about a dozen households just off the national highway near the Narendra Nagar bypass in Tehri district. And Charu Khet is noticeable only because of a huge mass of stone and concrete that has spilled all over the only road that connects the hamlet to the rest of the district.
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Before floods, CM opposed green norms
It’s clear that the devastation caused by the flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand was at least in part due to environmental degradation of fragile mountain slopes and reckless commercialization.
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Lifespan of mountain ranges scaled by feedbacks between landsliding and erosion by rivers
An important challenge in geomorphology is the reconciliation of the high fluvial incision rates observed in tectonically active mountain ranges with the long-term preservation of significant mountain-range
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Uttarakhand havoc not due to cloudburst: Experts
Intense rains in Kedarnath-Badrinath unleashed death and destruction Facing criticism that it didn't predict the cloudburst that ravaged Uttarakhand, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday that cloudburst was not to blame for the disaster that has killed hundreds.
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Did U’khand ignore lessons from calamities in the past?
What could turn out to be Uttarakhand’s worst tragedy was a disaster waiting to happen. This catastrophe seems to be an amplified version of past landslides and flash floods which typically hit the state
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Death toll from flood and landslides reach 37 as govt intensifies relief distribution works
The death toll from the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfalls in the Mid- and Far Western Development Regions of the country has reached 37 while eight persons were still missing and over
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37 dead, 8 missing, 137 buildings damaged in mid, far-west floods: Govt.
Kathmandu, June 24: The government said that death toll from the floods and landslides in the Mid Western and Far Western Development Regions has reached 37. Eight persons were still missing and over
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Report warns of human folly in western Ghats
PUNE: Landslides, severe waterlogging and flash floods are natural disasters but environmentalists are firm that their epic proportions are brought on by human activities. Last week, Vishakha Sachin Wadekar