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 …
Bengaluru: Karnataka has been witnessing a drastic change in rainfall pattern and distribution over the past two decades, resulting in frequent drought, floods and untimely rain. According to a study by the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), north Karnataka and coastal areas have been g a declining trend …
Boko: More than 3,000 bighas of paddy land and eight villages were affected by flash flood due to the two-day long heavy rainfall induced by cyclone Fani in Boko constituency. Due to heavy rainfall in neighbouring Meghalaya state, two rivers of Meghalaya-Gijang and Dilseng- are flowing above the danger level. …
BHUBANESWAR: The death toll in Cyclone Fani rose to 29 on Sunday, two days after the "extremely severe" storm barrelled through coastal Odisha, causing widespread destruction and leaving hundreds grappling with water shortage and power cuts, an official said. Announcing a relief package for those affected by the calamity, chief …
A rapid needs assessment report on the country's response to Cyclone Idai has exposed challenges that elderly people face in accessing humanitarian assistance in times of disaster. Minister of Homeland Security's visit to disaster affected households in the area of T/A Kanduku in Mwanza. The report, released on Tuesday by …
The Executive program for the province of Namibe provides for the provision of 2 billion kwanzas. According to the governor of the Namibe province, Carlos da Rocha Cruz, 28 percent of the population of Namibe, in a universe of about 850,000 inhabitants, is affected by this cyclical phenomenon in this …
Cities today face an unprecedented risk of natural hazards compounded by serious governance challenges. How can cities ensure that in building resilience, they address the needs of those most at risk of being excluded? How can they develop strategies that simultaneously foster resilient infrastructure and social inclusion? This note focuses …
Intersectional approaches recognise that ‘people have different identities, needs, priorities and capacities which are not static, and will shift and change over time – affecting their ability to prepare for, cope with and respond to natural hazards and climate variability.’ This paper aims to better understand different factors that influence …
The 2019 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is informed by the latest data – including Sendai Framework target reporting by countries using the Sendai Framework Monitor – and infers early lessons on the state of the global disaster risk landscape. While the observed period is still too …
This report is a first attempt to take comprehensive stock of the disaster displacement data that is collected and published at the global level, and it reveals a number of inconsistencies. These include who is defined as displaced and no longer displaced, and which events and phenomena trigger the collection …
This report sets out recommendations on how the main sustainable finance initiatives underway can support a major reduction in disaster risk. The scale of financial flows and investments is massive. In Europe assets under management reached €25.2 trillion in 2017, 147% of GDP . And sustainable investment is growing fast …
In Anantapur and Kurnool districts, mercury-level has been touching 43.4 degree Celsius resulting in crops withering in the scorching sun. The silkworms are also not able to survive in this hot summer. Anantapur: Even as the production of silk cocoon was hit due to rise in mercury levels, prices were …
Coastal, southern districts of the State put on alert Keeping in view the possible impact of Cyclone Fani, the Odisha government has cancelled the leaves of government officials in Ganjam, Puri and Kendrapara districts. Coastal and southern districts of Odisha have been put on alert and fishermen along the coast …
World Bank and KfW likely to give major chunk of funds The city is set to get Rs. 4,500 crore for development of stormwater drains and large underground drains as funding from multilateral funding agencies. Work on development of stormwater drains in the Kovalam basin — in the southern part …
ITANAGAR: A cloudburst followed by torrential rain and hailstorm created havoc at Bomdila, the headquarters of West Kameng district on Saturday. The rain lashed the township for over an hour, resulting in chocking of drains and spreading of debris all around. The main road and the link roads of the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Nagar Panchayat Moonak & Other Vs The State of Punjab & Others dated 29/04/2019 regarding mitigation of the flood problem for the entire Ghaggar basin. Taking note of the problem of flood experienced by agriculturalists from 25 villages due …
While about 2,500 villages in the State are reeling under severe drought, the Election Commission (EC) has barred Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister Krishna Byre Gowda from holding meetings with zilla panchayats on monitoring the situation and providing relief to affected people. Citing enforcement of the model code …
In the first week of April, when children across Maharashtra were busy studying for their school final exams, children from drought affected areas were helping their parents get water and fodder for the cattle at home. “During the drought of the previous year, we had sent the cattle to my …
Dibrugarh: The town of Dibrugarh, along with certain other parts of Assam, experienced a strong tremor on the night of Wednesday. Although no damage was caused by the earthquake whose epicentre was reportedly somewhere in the State of Arunachal Pradesh, the jitter did manage to jolt the town-dwellers out of …
A mega earthquake of magnitude 8.5 or more is long overdue in the Himalayan region but India has not learnt from past mistakes and is far from being prepared for such an eventuality with no strategy to minimise loss of life and property, scientists say. The government must ensure seismic …
A landslide washed away an entire village in the Rumphi district of northern Malawi, killing at least three people, leaving five missing and dozens wounded in hospital, police said Sunday. Rumphi police spokesman Tupeliwe Kabwilo told AFP that the incessant rains in the region had caused the disaster that devastated …
