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 …
Surface water floods (SWFs) that lead to household losses are mainly localized phenomena. Research on describing the associated precipitation characteristics has previously been based on case studies and on the derivation of local rainfall thresholds, but no approaches have yet been presented on the national scale. Here, we propose a …
New Delhi: A severe heatwave is set to hit Delhi and its neighbouring regions which, according to IMD, is likely to push the maximum temperature to 45 degrees Celsius in the next 48 hours. On Wednesday, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 43.1 degrees Celsius — three notches above normal …
Heavy rains in Uganda on Sunday caused serious damage as homes were flooded. Many household items were destroyed and some residents were forced to seek shelter elsewhere as water filled their houses. They spent the better part of Monday draining water out their flooded houses and cleaning their homes in …
Several tornadoes reportedly touched down on Tuesday evening in Kansas to damage homes, uproot trees and rip down power lines, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. About 20 tornadoes, including a large rain-wrapped twister near Kansas City, were reported to the NWS by storm chasers and spotters as news broadcast …
Nearly two-thirds of the country's area has recorded either deficient or highly deficient rains The pre-monsoon deficiency has caused stress in rural India and led to water shortages in cities As the new government gets sworn in on Thursday, one of its priorities would be to help states, particularly those …
The poultry farm localted in AK thanda of Rayaparthy mandal is owned by one Modu Chukru. Warangal: As many as 4,000 hens succumbed to intense heat inside a poultry farm in Warangal Rural district on Monday, after power supply snapped last week. The poultry farm localted in AK thanda of …
After farmer Manza Bulacho's crops were wiped out in a drought that devastated parts of Ethiopia in 2017, the father of 10 hoped a cow could keep him going. Bulacho, 42, who lives near the city of Arba Minch in southern Ethiopia, joined a programme that helped him borrow money …
Namibian financial services firm, PSG Wealth Management, said Wednesday that amid the significant slump in agricultural output, the current drought will affect water-intensive industries, such as beverages and processed foods in the southern African country. In an analysis of the drought situation, the firm said reduced local production of agricultural …
Hundreds of children remain separated from their parents two months after a powerful cyclone battered Mozambique leaving them in limbo and at risk of abuse or being trafficked into slavery, charities warned on Wednesday. Cyclone Idai struck central Mozambique on March 14, ripping apart homes, schools and health clinics, and …
This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification of households that are vulnerable to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is …
This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification of households that are vulnerable to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is …
Large-scale catastrophic and smaller recurrent disasters generate considerable economic losses. Over the past thirty years, damages from major disasters have increased significantly. In the last ten years alone, both high-income and fast-growing middle-income economies have experienced an estimated 1.2 trillion US dollars in economic costs from disruptive shocks due to …
It’s been 15 days since Cyclone Fani swept through coastal Odisha but Erra Babu, 51, is not sure if he would be able to venture into the Bay of Bengal any time soon. At Penthakata, the fishermen’s settlement where the expert seafaring fisherman lives, boats still lay upside down while …
The damage data upto 2017 has been finalized in CWC duly confirmed by the states. State wise damage data and for the country as a whole for the period 1953 to 2017 has been included.
A powerful earthquake stuck Papua New Guinea on Tuesday evening, triggering a tsunami alert for the country and for the nearby Solomon Islands. The US Geological Survey said the quake measured magnitude 7.5 and was located 45 kilometers northeast of Kokopo. It was centered at a relatively shallow depth of …
This report assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and which, with small investments, can have a significant positive impact on the resilience of their livelihoods. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness and socio-ecological suitability of different specific DRR interventions, with the …
This report assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and which, with small investments, can have a significant positive impact on the resilience of their livelihoods. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness and socio-ecological suitability of different specific DRR interventions, with the …
Development is vital for reducing disaster risk, yet many current development models are unsustainable and are instead driving and creating disaster risks. This Integrated Research on Disaster Risk working paper argues that transformation is a legitimate and necessary pathway for moving from development patterns that increase, create or unfairly distribute …
The Odisha government has sought a long-term assistance of Rs 17,000 crore to combat natural calamities. The demand was made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to Narendra Modi on Monday as the Prime Minister conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-devastated Puri and Khurda districts. Patnaik urged the Centre to earmark …
Hyderabad: The heatwave alert has been extended by a day till Tuesday, May 7, by the Indian Meteorological Department. The alert is already prevailed in place for Monday. On Sunday, Khammam recorded the highest maximum temperature in the state of 45.2ºC. The mercury stood at 41.5ºC in the city. According …
