Government to integrate concerns into disaster management plans The State government has finally taken note of climate change. It has decided to integrate climate change concerns with its disaster management
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs The Principal Secretary, Environment & Forests, Govt. of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 07/01/2019 regarding encroachments
Nearly 25,000 people displaced by landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains brought by a tropical depression. Emergency teams have rushed to areas devastated by landslides and floods in the eastern
The year 2018 will end in a few days, and people have already started to make their New Year resolutions for 2019. The current year saw many natural calamities around the globe like California fire, Kerala
Climate change has hit agrarian Uttar Pradesh very hard and experts claim that crop yield in over a dozen districts across the state has been adversely affected and might result in a drop in production
<p>Megacities are predominantly concentrated along coastlines, making them exposed to a diverse mix of natural hazards.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/NewYork_City_Hazards.pdf"
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Loss Due to Flood and Thunderstorm, 11/12/2018. State-wise details of the losses of lives, property and loss of crops due to floods and thunderstorm during the current year,
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
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/library/large/2018-10-01/0.21759200_1538374647_gettyimages-845085006-flood.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />The
This 2018 interim report updates and expands upon mitigation measures studied in 2005 by evaluating a broad suite of mitigation measures that can inform decision-making around investments to reduce the
Torrential rain and gale force winds lashed Australia’s biggest city of Sydney on Wednesday causing commuter chaos, flooding streets, railway stations and homes, grounding flights and leaving hundreds
Floods destroyed more than 400 hectares of rice in Niger's southeastern Diffa region, already beset by deadly attacks by Boko Haram jihadists, the local governor said. Nearly 3 000 tons of rice worth more
Britain is likely to experience hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters by the 2070s, as well as rising sea levels which can lead to floods, due to the effects of climate change, long-term projections
Khartoum — Over 200,000 people in 15 of Sudan's 18 states have been affected by heavy rains and flash floods between June and early November, according to the Government's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC).
Iraq is one of the hottest countries on earth but when heavy rains do hit they can result in casualties and widespread damage because of deteriorating public infrastructure. At least 21 people have died
The study finds that between 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, strong winter monsoons were characterised by “early neoglacial anomalies (ENA)” — changes in wind and precipitation patterns that are evident across
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 02/11/2018.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/floods-Kerala-Supreme-Court_Order.pdf"
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs. The Principal Secretary, Environment & Forests, Govt. of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 31/10/2018<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Cooum_River_pollution_NGT_order.pdf"
Flash flooding in central Tunisia killed at least two people including a six-year-old child on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. The drownings came less than a month after torrential rains killed
Forty-five people have died in the arid west African country of Niger in flooding since June, and nearly 209 000 have been affected, the UN said on Tuesday. The rains destroyed nearly 17 400 homes,
