In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 …
After potholes, there is now a new menace to face on city roads. With underground pipelines resulting in rapid soil erosion below the roads, cave-ins have become increasingly frequent. On Thursday, at Shrawan Yeshwant Chowk in Kalachowki, Cotton Green, a cavity developed early in the morning, signaling the start of …
Tropical Storm Don, the first major Gulf of Mexico storm this year, formed over the southern part of the oil-rich basin on Wednesday on a track toward the Texas coast. The storm forced several offshore energy operators to evacuate support workers, but was not yet strong enough to cause companies …
At least 25 people were killed and as many as 31 others went missing as a slow-moving tropical storm dumped enormous amounts of rain across the Philippines' main island, authorities said Wednesday. Nock-ten, named after a Laotian bird, was expected to cause more damage in the mountainous northern areas of …
Over 500 persons in Batticaloa and Nuwara Eliya districts were affected by heavy rains and strong winds. Nearly 189 people from 38 families have been affected by floods in the Nuwara Eliya district, said Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Nuwara Eliya District Coordinator Eranda Hemawardane. Affected * N Eiya 189 people …
Bangalore: A permanent solution to the continuing inflow of sewage water into the Lalbagh lake has not yet been found, although separate sanitary lines are laid in the adjacent Jayanagar South End area. Hail the heroes! National Military Memorial Park decked up for Kargil Diwas. The Bangalore Water Supply and …
Rising sea waters may threaten U.S. coastal cities later this century, while the Midwest and East Coast are at high risk for intense storms, and the West could see compromised water supplies. These are among the expected water-related effects of climate change on 12 cities across the nation over the …
Contractor used earth mover to uproot tree in city Removal of a tree using an earth mover by a contractor for the purpose of constructing storm water drain along Dr.Balasundaram Road near the RTO office on Wednesday afternoon led to protest by non-Governmental organisations involved in conservation of nature. It …
Hurricane Dora strengthened to a Category 3 storm in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico on Wednesday and could still intensify further, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Dora, the fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, churned 220 miles south of the western port city of Lazaro Cardenas with …
Tropical storm Dora, the fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, formed off the coast of Central America Monday threatening to dump heavy rains on the coffee and sugar growing region. The storm, with winds of about 40 mph, could reach hurricane strength by Wednesday but is not forecast …
The compensation sum of around Rs 19 lakh allotted by the state government for re-building the houses flattened by storms were returned to the state government. The district administration is reported to have failed to use the amount for the purpose. Official records said that the amount was returned on …
Phoenix residents awoke on Wednesday to a thick layer of dust on their cars, their streets and just about everything else outside after a giant sandstorm more than a mile high roared through the city. The storm on Tuesday evening grounded airplanes, led to traffic tie-ups and set off a …
A severe storm injured at least 10 people and razed to the ground over 100 dwelling houses in seven villages under Galachipa upazila early Tuesday. Of the injured, Aklima, 35, wife of Monir Mridha of Bauria village has been admitted to Galachipa upazila health complex. The other injured who took …
Large parts of central Mexico face torrential rains once Arlene, the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, makes landfall early on Thursday. Mexican emergency services recommended communities in the storm's direct path evacuate and state oil monopoly Pemex was on alert for possible impact to refineries and other …
Too close for comfort: fires burn in the hills above the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a nuclear site in New Mexico Firefighters on Tuesday battled a wildfire that threatened a government nuclear facility in New Mexico, raising fears about the safety of radioactive materials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. …
Four men died in flash floods while fishing and two people were crushed to death in northern Vietnam as a weakening storm approached from the Gulf of Tonkin, state media said on Friday, while 11 fishermen were missing after storms in the Philippines. Rescuers in Vietnam located one body after …
Sunspot cycles -- those 11-year patterns when dark dots appear on the solar surface -- may be delayed or even go into "hibernation" for a while, a U.S. scientist said on Wednesday. But contrary to some media reports, this does not mean a new Ice Age is coming, Frank Hill …
After the heavy and incessant rains on Saturday which led to water-logging and traffic congestion across the city, minor showers continued to lash the city on Sunday. While the suburban Santacruz weather station recorded a rainfall of 26 mm, the Colaba weather station recorded a rainfall of 12 mm. According …
The government today dispatched teams of the Horticulture Department to assess the widespread damage caused by the intense fury of the hailstorm over the past two days in the entire apple belt of Shimla and parts of Kinnaur with the estimated damage to the apple crop already touching Rs 248 …
