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 serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Mandi: A number of roads in areas around Mandi town remained closed for hours due to landslides, triggered by rain, in the last 24 hours. Passengers remained stranded at Dagain Nullah near Dharampur on the Mandi-Sandhol state highway, at Guma on the Mandi-Pathankot national highway and at Duad and Saat …
The death toll in a landslip at Kadavoor in Ernakulam district rose to five today with the recovery of the body of a man, police said. Heavy rains lashing parts of Central Kerala yesterday had claimed four lives in the region — three in a landslip and another who died …
Landslides killed more than 32,000 people across the world from 2004 to 2010 - up to 10 times more than previously thought, the first detailed study of the disasters showed on Thursday. The new data on the scale of the problem should force governments to rethink how they dealt with …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the State government will supplement the compensation available to farmers, who had lost their crops in floods and landslips in Kozhikode and Kannur district early this month, under Central norms. Thus they would get two to three times the compensation compared to what …
A day after landslips and flash floods triggered by heavy rain created havoc in Kozhikode, the district administration prepared a preliminary report on Wednesday pegging the total loss and cost of rehabilitation at Rs.200 crore even as over 200 affected people are lodged in a local school and parish hall …
Solan: Rains have damaged various roads and bridges worth several crores of rupees in Solan and Sirmaur districts. Though several link roads and state highways have suffered damage, the extent of damage on national highways is estimated to be much less. DK Nayyer, Superintending Engineer (SE), PWD, Solan, said losses …
Pazhassi dam in danger as water flows one metre above its crest; families evacuated The heavy rain, landslips, and floods that devastated many areas in Kozhikode and Kannur districts in the last two days have claimed at least nine lives. Eight persons, five of them from a family, were buried …
Four labourers declared dead in Uttarkashi found alive Many areas in North India received rain on Monday while some stared at floods and landslides due to incessant downpour. In Uttar Pradesh, swollen rivers in the eastern districts have sent alarm bells ringing, forcing many people in several villages to seek …
Thirteen people are dead and three remain missing following a strong rainstorm that battered the city of Shiyan in Central China's Hubei province from Saturday night to Monday morning, local authorities said Tuesday. The rainstorm has also injured at least 725 people in the city. 13 killed, 3 missing in …
Altogether 16 persons have lost their lives due to floods and landslide related incidents that have occurred in the country last month and 22 persons have lost their lives due to diarrhea in this rainy season, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Issuing a press release on Monday, the …
Incessant rain lashed parts of North India on Sunday where many rivers were running above the danger mark. The capital Delhi recorded received 0.8 mm of rain. During the past two days, incessant rains battered Uttarakhand triggering landslides, cloud bursts and flash floods which flattened homes and stranded hundreds of …
Heart-wrenching scenes witnessed in Gangori, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury Thirty one people were killed in the flash floods in Uttarakhand on Saturday and at least six missing from Gangori, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury. Heart-wrenching scenes were witnessed at Gangori, where the maximum number of …
Several houses, acres of agricultural land inundated Twenty-four persons trapped in flash floods were rescued on Sunday by the police, the Army and the locals in Samba, Kathua and Jammu districts, where dozens of houses and several acres of agricultural land are still inundated. “Twenty-four people and cattle were rescued …
Dehradun/Jammu: The ITBP and the local police on Sunday searched the remains of flattened homes for more bodies in rain-hit Uttarakhand where the toll due to relentless downpour reached 34. “In Uttarkashi alone, 31 people have been killed and six are still missing following heavy rains,” district magistrate R Rajesh …
Ten people were killed and 38 others went missing as incessant rains battered Uttarakhand today triggering landslides, cloud bursts and flash floods which flattened homes and stranded hundreds of pilgrims with the Chardham Yatra coming to a grinding halt. The Garhwal region bore the brunt of the natural calamity. The …
JAMMU: At least six persons were killed in land slides, house collapse and flash floods as the heavy rain created havoc in the region since last evening. The traffic was disrupted on several roads for some time in the region as flash flood in various nallahs and land slides put …
A state-of-art assessment of existing monitoring/early warning systems (EWS) organized according to type of environmental threats is presented. This report focuses on: air quality, wildland fires, nuclear and chemical accidents, geological hazards (earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides), hydro-meteorological hazards (desertification, droughts, floods, impact of climate variability, severe weather, storms, and …
SHILLONG: Coal is being randomly and unscientifically extracted from the coal rich areas of Nongri, Nonghyllam and Nongkulang area in West Khasi Hills district and then exported through Borsora and Cherragoan export points located along the India-Bangladesh border of Meghalaya. Besides few adventurous locals, the exploiters of the ‘black diamond’ …
Sugarcane FRP set at Rs. 170 per quintal for 2012-13 From now on, damage to crops due to extreme cold or frost will be considered a natural calamity and the affected farmers will be eligible for financial relief from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) or the State Disaster Response …
Rlys game for 2 of 3 proposals to minimise green damage The Hubli-Ankola railway project has cleared another hurdle with the Railways accepting two of the three recommendations of a committee comprising engineers of the Indian Institute of Science. The committee had been set up to suggest alternative routes for …
