Natural Disasters

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

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 …

Kaptembwa farmers grapple with effects of prolonged drought

Sophie Kemuma, a commercial dairy farmer in Kaptembwa area in Nakuru County in northwest Kenya describes the current dry spell as a totally different and unique situation for her. "I have never bought water for the cows in the last eight years but this time I am forced to because …

Extensive flooding in eastern Canada forces evacuations

Flooding in eastern Canada forced the evacuation of 1,200 people while more than 600 troops have been deployed in response, authorities said Sunday. Warming weather over the Easter weekend has brought spring floods due to heavy rains and snowmelt from Ontario to southern Quebec and New Brunswick. A man was …

5.0-magnitude quake hits 74 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina -- USGS

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 74 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina at 1631 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 168.93 km, was initially determined to be at 24.3432 degrees south latitude and 67.0387 degrees west longitude.

Mudslide kills 14 in Colombia

At least 14 people were killed and several others injured when a mudslide buried homes in a small community in southwest Colombia on Sunday, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) said. Local officials in the town of Rosas, in Cauca department, said efforts were underway to locate survivors, …

Punjab: Many areas report crop damage; farmers demand timely relief

Sources in the agriculture department are expecting a 1-2% loss of yield in affected areas as well as a delay in the harvesting of wheat crop in the state. Crop loss has been reported from areas like Fategarh Sahib, Patiala, Faridkot, Pathankot, Kapurthala, Barnala, Muktsar and Ropar over the past …

Kenyan farmers grapple with effects of prolonged drought

Sophie Kemuma, a commercial dairy farmer in Kaptembwa area in Nakuru County in northwest Kenya describes the current dry spell as a totally different and unique situation for her. "I have never bought water for the cows in the last eight years but this time I am forced to because …

Africa: Natural Disasters Double Likelihood of Child Poverty - Study

Children in some disaster-prone regions are twice as likely to be living in chronic poverty, according to new research. A report from the London-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) looks at the impact of natural disasters across different stages of a child’s life in India and Kenya - and warns that …

Kenya Faces Worst Drought in 38 Years

The dry weather witnessed in the long rains season from March to May will be the worst in 38 years, worsening food shortages, water scarcity and piling pressure on electricity bills. Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) says the rains have already failed and even if it rains now, farmers will …

Climate change poses serious challenge towards achieving SDGs

Climate change can seriously impede Africa’s quest to achieve all the 17 sustainable development goals that address global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. The issue came up during a side event at the on-going fifth Africa Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD) in …

'We are going to lose our land': Sutherland farmers pleading for help amid 6-year drought

The farming community of Sutherland in the Karoo is begging for help as they watch the lives of farmworkers, farmers and shopkeepers fall apart because of a prolonged six-year drought. "Our situation is grim," said Hester Obermeyer, a member of the region's drought-relief committee. "Farmers plan for one, two years …

Ready for the dry years: building resilience to drought in South-East Asia

South-East Asia is regularly hit by droughts. Ready for the Dry Years offers a clear analysis of this subject, assessing prospects for the decades ahead and highlighting the principal risks. Though starting slowly, droughts can have devastating cumulative impacts – striking hardest at the poor and heightening inequality, as well …

53 dead in 4 states as rain, thunderstorm wreak havoc

PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for kin of deceased, Rs 50K for injured A total of 53 persons were killed as rain coupled with thunderstorm and lightning hit several parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra overnight, officials said today. The unseasonal rains and storm also caused …

Business down 50% in drought-hit Marathwada village market

OSMANABAD: Rows of mangalsutras, anklets and earrings hang forlornly in Razzak Shaikh’s make-shift stall in Walvad village market in Osmanabad district’s arid Bhoom taluka. A few villagers linger to fleetingly touch the costume jewellery but then move on. The searing drought in Marathwada region has resulted in villagers postponing marriages, …

64 killed as thunderstorms unleash fury in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat

NEW DELHI: Dust and thunderstorms swept through west, central and north India as a major weather disturbance pummeled the region over the past 48 hours, claiming the lives of at least 64 people, a majority of them in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Most of the deaths were due to lightning …

UN agency says drought displaces over 137,000 Somalis in 3 months

Severe drought ravaging Somalia, coupled with conflict and evictions, has displaced more than 137,000 people from their homes from January to March, the United Nations refugees agency said Thursday. According to Protection and Return Monitoring Network, a project led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and in …

World Bank puts Mozambique's economic losses from Cyclone Idai at up to $773 million

The World Bank estimates the direct economic losses from Cyclone Idai in Mozambique to range from $656 million-$773 million, covering damage to buildings, infrastructure and agriculture, a note sent out via the United Nations said on Thursday. In the note, dated April 4, the World Bank said its approach does …

Drought stifles traditional food market in Namibia

Prolonged dry spell coupled with an economic downturn is stifling traditional food sellers' trade in Namibia, causing a fall in their income. Over a decade, Anelly Sheehama from the Oshana region in northern Namibia sold preserved and dried traditional food items at a local open market. Since 2017, however, the …

Zimbabwe: Over 15 000 Livestock Wiped By Cyclone Idai in Manicaland

Over 15 000 livestock including cattle and goats were wiped out by the Cyclone Idai, which hit the south-eastern districts of Manicaland province as well as neighbouring Mozambique and Malawi. Tropical Cyclone Idai battered Chipinge and Chimanimani leaving massive death and destruction. Government has announced that over 300 people were …

Kenya spends 18.8 mln USD to ease biting drought

Kenya said on Wednesday it has spent 1.88 billion shillings (18.8 million U.S. dollars) to ease effects of biting drought that is affecting at least 1.1 million citizens. Eugene Wamalwa, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Devolution and ASALs, said though the country was headed for a worse situation as …

Death toll from devastating Cyclone Idai rises above 1,000

The death toll from a storm that crashed into southeast Africa last month has risen above 1,000, with more than 4,000 cases of cholera reported among survivors in Mozambique, the hardest-hit country. The United Nations has described Cyclone Idai as "one of the deadliest storms on record in the southern …

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