Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The Taliban encouraged aid groups to help victims of the massive earthquake in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan as rescuers struggled to form a clear picture of the damage caused by the disaster as the death toll passed 300. With large mountainous areas of Afghanistan hit and icy weather closing in, …
MINGORA, PAKISTAN – As the death toll in the massive earthquake that struck the remote Hindu Kush mountains soared above 300, officials on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border warned on Tuesday that casualty figures will likely leap once relief workers return from villages so remote they can only be …
State falls in seismic zone IV, V I Its disaster management strategy yet to be implemented A decade after the 7.6 magnitude quake claimed 86,000 lives on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the government seems to have learnt no lesson in handling disasters …
Delhi Metro services halted for 15 minutes As strong tremors jolted the national capital on Monday afternoon, the Delhi government immediately activated its disaster management teams. People frantically rushed out of their houses and offices as the tremors lasted for over a minute. The Delhi Metro services were briefly halted …
Achieving sustainable development is difficult in the Asia-Pacific region without addressing disaster risks says this report released by UNESCAP. It provides an overview of the state of disaster resilience in Asia-Pacific region and identifies emerging new risks in the region and the sectors that are most at risk The Asia …
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban hotspot for climate risks. Located in central Bangladesh on the lower reaches of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the city faces the recurring phenomena of urban flooding and waterlogging following intense rainfall nearly every year. As …
A unique three-day summit on sustainable development of mountain states in India, held in this Arunachal Pradesh capital, called for special steps for disaster risk reduction and optimal utilisation of mountain agricultural resources. Given the disastrous earthquake in Nepal in April this year and the 2013 cloudburst in Uttarakhand, disaster …
The spatial and temporal characteristics in the frequencies of four types of high-impact weathers (HIWs), i.e. snowfall, thunderstorm, foggy and hailstorm weathers were analyzed in China by using daily weather phenomenon data from 604 stations. Results indicate that snowfall, thunderstorm, foggy and hailstorm days showed significant decreasing trends with rates …
Ranchi: Chief minister Raghubar Das and agriculture minister Randhir Singh on Wednesday convened a series of meetings with the agriculture department officials and disaster management department and appointed a task force at district-level to submit block-wise drought report by October 15. The government has admitted around 20% loss of paddy …
A project aimed at integrating the economic value of ecosystems into government policies has identified almost one billion dollars of benefits in four pilot countries, the importance of ecosystem conservation to the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ) is UNEP’s flagship project focused …
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has published a report that showcases the experiences and knowledge generated through the various UNDP initiatives on adaptation, and how countries have been working on national initiatives to transition to green, inclusive, climate-resilient development paths. The report, titled 'Empowering the Poor: Experience from UNDP supported …
India's nationally determined contributions to mitigate climate change are likely to be unveiled on October 1 and will promote renewable energy, enhanced energy efficiency, less carbon intensive urban centres, green transport and abatement of pollution. India's strategy ahead of the climate summit in Paris in December will be firmly anchored …
More lives are saved and casualties rescued by local people than outsiders in disasters around the world, a new report says. The 2015 World Disasters Report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) found there is an increasing need to balance the relationship between international …
This year’s World Disasters Report examines the complexities and challenges local actors face in scaling-up and sustaining humanitarian response and disaster risk reduction. It calls on governments and the international aid community to work together to ensure more equal partnerships with local actors and efficient financing flows, including at the …
JIUQUAN, Gansu - China on Monday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-9, as part of the country's high-definition Earth observation project. Gaofen-9 was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu at 12:42 pm aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket. It was the 209th …
The concepts of vulnerability and resilience govern contemporary natural hazard-led disaster risk management approaches. However, the empirical assimilation of socioeconomic resilience and its calibration with poverty and vulnerability are very few, which inhibit a rational process of risk analysis and policy making. In this study, we performed an empirical investigation …
Dutch scientists have constructed the world’s biggest man-made wave machine to find out if their country can cope with increasingly devastating floods. Called the Delta Flume, it can create the largest artificial waves in the world – anything from the choppy waters of stormy seas to a single tsunami surge. …
Assam reels under one of the worst floods ever; Maharashtra faces severe drought The Assam government today asserted that contrary to reports the Centre has not released Rs 1,655 crore for flood relief and rescue operations in the state so far. Referring to reports in a section of the press …
The researchers present a detailed chronological reconstruction of the 2011 eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano (Chile) based on information derived from newspapers, scientific reports and satellite images. Chronology of associated volcanic processes and their local and regional effects (i.e. precursory activity, tephra fallout, lahars, pyroclastic density currents, lava flows) are …
Drought is a natural hazard that can cause a wide range of impacts affecting the environment, society, and the economy. Assessing and reducing vulnerability to these impacts for regions beyond the local scale, spanning political and sectoral boundaries, requires systematic and detailed data regarding impacts. This study presents an assessment …
