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 …
Bulldozers razed hundreds of homes and businesses in the poor Sodom and Gomorrah neighborhood of Ghana's capital on Saturday so the authorities can start widening a lagoon to prevent a repeat of this month's deadly floods. Some residents said security forces sprayed them with tear gas after they threw stones …
Authorities in the federal capital have allocated a sum of Rs31 billion for the improvement of flood works, according to the Punjab Irrigation Secretary in his report which was submitted to the apex court. The allocation is part of the phased National Flood Protection Plan drawn up under the long-term …
KATHMANDU: A 13-member Rapid Environmental Assessment team, headed by former vice chairman of the National Planning Commission Shankar Sharma, has recommended that the government act in a manner to mitigate the environmental impacts and hazards during the post-earthquake recovery of the country. “Environmental concern may be unavoidable but can be …
Union Minister YS Chowdary on Thursday batted for a contigency plan to deal with the problem of climate change and also ensuring economic sutainability while addressing the issue. "The million dollar question is how do we strategise the action on mitigation. I am of the view that we need to …
Rebuilding parts of Malawi that were devastated by floods in January will take up to five years and may cost more than $400 million, the United Nations said on Thursday. The government declared half of the country a disaster zone when torrential rains and flash floods uprooted some 230,000 people …
TURA: Five people, including an entire family, have been killed in two separate landslide incidents in Tura triggered by incessant rains which lashed many parts of Garo Hills since Monday night. Tragedy struck the home of the Chettri’s at Nakham Bazaar at 6:20 on Tuesday morning when the storm was …
TURA: Five people, including an entire family, have been killed in two separate landslide incidents in Tura triggered by incessant rains which lashed many parts of Garo Hills since Monday night. Tragedy struck the home of the Chettri’s at Nakham Bazaar at 6:20 on Tuesday morning when the storm was …
Mombasa — Saumu Juma 25, a mother of two, was conducting morning prayers in her mud-walled home when her iron-sheet roof started caving in. She rushed to protect her sleeping children, injuring her back, ribs and head as the roof collapsed and floodwater swept into her small house. Her son …
Nepal needs $6.66 billion to rebuild infrastructure destroyed or damaged by the devastating earthquake in April and the aftershocks that followed, the country’s National Planning Commission said Saturday. Economic fallout from the quake, which killed nearly 9,000 people and injured 22,000 others, has also pushed about 700,000 people below the …
The Maldivian Red Crescent and the Maldivian Medical Association have raised a total of MVR2.5million (US$162,127) for the earthquake relief effort in Nepal. The donations will support the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ humanitarian assistance effort. The IFRC has appealed for US$93million in assistance. The MRC …
SURAT: Villagers of Umbargam taluka in Valsad district have threatened to launch an agitation to oppose the upcoming Nargol port project at the tip of Gujarat. Umbargam Taluka Kinara Bachao Utkarsh Samiti (UTKBUS) on Monday submitted a memorandum to the district collector demanding the detailed project report (DPR) and environmental …
2 dead in Arunachal Pradesh; 10 districts marooned in Assam as lakhs affected Torrential rain, flood and landslides have wreaked havoc in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, affecting lakhs of people. While the situation is worse in Arunachal Pradesh, 10 districts in Assam have been affected by flood so …
The situation was particularly grim in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts in eastern Assam, where nearly 45,000 people have been affected. Thousands of people across Assam have been affected after incessant rains over the last week caused several rivers, including the Brahmaputra, to overflow. The overflowing rivers have breached embankments, inundated …
With the onset of monsoon in the northeast, Assam has been hit by the first wave of floods affecting over 60,000 people in nine districts of the state.At least one person has been washed away in the fresh wave of deluge. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority on Monday said …
KATHMANDU, June 5: The government teams assigned to carry out post-earthquake damages and needs assessment for reconstruction works submitted their preliminary reports to the National Planning Commission (NPC) on Thursday. Each of the 23 teams, tasked to study earthquake-related damages and assess reconstruction needs, were led by a joint secretary. …
The World Bank approved $125 million to support the restoration of resilient flood protection infrastructure and the strengthening of government capacity to manage disasters and climate variability. Pakistan is vulnerable to adverse natural events and has experienced a wide range of disasters over the past 40 years, including floods, earthquakes, …
The city of Kolkata is one of the most urbanized and densely populated regions in the world and a major industrial and commercial hub of the eastern and northeastern region of India. In order to classify the seismic risk zones of Kolkata we used seismic hazard exposures on the vulnerability …
New Delhi: The current heatwave gripping India is the fifth deadliest ever in the world, as per a report in a leading Daily. Also, it is the second deadliest in India, the Daily said, quoting an international database of disasters. Before this the worst was in 1998 when 2,541 people …
In neighbouring Telangana, where the government has not declared any ex-gratia, 486 deaths have been reported from 10 districts where temperatures have been consistently high. Debabrata Mohanty , Sreenivas Janyala Of the 1,636 “heat wave” deaths reported between May 15 and May 30 in Andhra Pradesh, only a little over …
LAHORE: The Punjab Disaster Management Authority has set up a state-of-the-art Humanitarian Resource Facility in the provincial capital to help more than 100,000 victims during any natural disaster on emergency basis. PDMA Director General Jawed Akram told APP on Sunday the project had been completed with support of the World …
