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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Unplanned urbanisation on hills hurting ecology
The rapid urbanisation of Guwahati and the consequent boom in population and construction activities since the last couple of decades has pushed the city's fragile eco-system comprising its forested hills
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‘150 crore compensation will be sought’
Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash on Sunday said that a renewed representation demanding a compensation worth Rs 150 crore for the victims of monsoon disasters would be submitted to the Central Government. He was addressing reporters at the Government Guest House, Ernakulam, after conducting talks with the Central committee that came to evaluate the loss in the state owing to the monsoon.
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Compendium on water-related hazards and extreme weather events in Central Asia and neighbouring countries
Water-related disasters and extreme weather events are occurring with increasing frequency in Central Asia and in the countries that surround it. Floods, landslides/mudflows, droughts and earthquakes,
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Storm leaves six dead, nine missing in Philippines
Tropical Storm Son-Tinh has left at least six people dead and nine missing in the Philippines, the civil defence chief said on Friday. The fatalities include one person hit by a tree toppled by strong
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Mining scam a wake-up call for Goa: Church
PANJIM: The Church in Goa through a Press statement issued through the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), on Tuesday made its most unambiguous statement yet on the rampant illegalities in
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Ecosystems Can Reduce Risks Caused By Natural Disasters
More research is needed to understand how ecosystems can help reduce disaster risks around the world, according to a report launched in Brussels, Belgium, today. The World Risk Report 2012 says that
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World risk report 2012: environmental degradation and disasters
<p>This new report shows how environmental degradation reduces the capacity of societies to deal with disaster risk in many countries around the world. It examines who is at risk from natural disasters, what contributes to this risk and what can be done about it.</p>
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Rain-hit Uttarakhand seeks Rs 800-crore relief
The Uttarakhand government has sought a relief package of Rs 800 crore in the wake of a series of natural disasters caused by heavy rains that has wreaked havoc in the hill state. “We have already sent an official memorandum to the Centre for a relief package of Rs 800 crore,” a top government official said on Thursday. The state has already got an interim relief of Rs 150 crore.
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Sikkim toll 11
Gangtok, Sept. 25: The death toll in the flash flood in North Sikkim climbed to 11 with the recovery of four more bodies from Rangma near Chungthang this afternoon. Twenty people went missing when a
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Nine persons dead, over 2 lakh affected in Arunachal flood
ITANAGAR: Five more deaths reported from remote Anjaw district bordering China took the toll to nine while another four persons still remained traceless in the wake of devastating floods that left over two lakh people affected spread over six districts. Four persons were missing from worst affected Lohit district, official sources said here today. Economic adviser to the Chief Minister and lone MLA from Anjaw, Kalikho Pul today said five people died in different parts of the hilly district adding all seven administrative centers – Hayuliang, Hawai, Manchal, Goliang, Walong,Kibitho and Chaglogam were completely cut off.