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 …
As the drought continues in Southern Province and bore holes dry up, a serious water crisis has left residents of Choma's Pangwe area drawing drinking water from shallow wells used by livestock. Residents of Pangwe, which is about 40 kilometres from Choma, normally get their water from a number of …
The number of deaths related to Cyclone Idai has risen to 268 in Zimbabwe, the southern African country's information minister said Tuesday. "It is noted with sadness that the figure of human fatalities has now risen to 268 and is still expected to rise as the search efforts continue," Monica …
Cholera cases in cyclone-hit Mozambique have risen above 1 400, government officials said on Tuesday, as hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses arrived in an attempt to limit the rapid spread of the disease. Authorities announced a second death from cholera, which causes acute diarrhea and is spread by contaminated …
KOCHI: IMD has extended the sunstroke and sunburn alert in the state from April 2 to April 6. With this, the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) has re-issued the set of precautionary guidelines for people to follow to tackle the situation. On Wednesday, temperatures in Palakkad and Alappuzha districts …
Beira, Mozambique - Sara Francisco survived the devastating Cyclone Idai by climbing a rooftop with her two young daughters in her rural village of Buzi after most surrounding buildings were swept away by flooding. She was stuck at the rooftop for about 24 hours with no food, surviving on rain …
At least 70 families in Budaka town council in Budaka District have been left homeless after heavy downpour accompanied by hailstorms ravaged their houses and gardens. The LC1 chairperson of Nanyago village in Budaka town council, Mr John Mujasi said that the rainfall started at 2.30pm on Saturday and lasted …
Machinga — Recent floods that hit some parts of the country have damaged five irrigation schemes in Machinga District, Malawi News Agency (Mana) has established. Some of the schemes damaged include Naming'azi, Mikoko and Nkhande in Paramount Chief Kawinga and Kamwaza Irrigation Scheme in Traditional Authority Ngokwe in the district. …
United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Bishow Parajuli weekend made a US$62 million appeal to the international community to help locals rebuild homes, schools and health facilities decimated by the recent Cyclone Idai in Manicaland's Chipinge and Chimanimani districts. Parajuli's appeal comes after individuals, corporates, private entities and countries joined hands …
Fulai Joaquim has enough food to feed his 10 children for another week, maybe two. Then, he says, it is in the hands of God. A cyclone ripped his cassava crop from the ground, leaving the roots to rot in the field, and the floods that followed washed away his …
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 264km NE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius at 18:39:06 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 18.1769 degrees south latitude and 65.3709 degrees east longitude.
This report presents an assessment of Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector disaster risk and management capacity. The findings indicate that Zimbabwe is highly exposed to agricultural risks and has limited capacity to manage risk at various levels. The report shows that disaster-related shocks along Zimbabwe’s agricultural supply chains directly translate to volatility …
A high-level Cyclone Idai reconstruction and resettlement taskforce has been put together to facilitate the effective resolution of challenges faced by the disaster management teams in the affected areas. The taskforce is chaired by Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda. He is deputised …
Cases of cholera in Mozambique soared to 517 people in Sofala province, the government of Mozambique said Sunday, while announcing that a first cholera fatality is now reported in the hard-hit port city of Beira. The cholera spike, feared in the wake of devastating Cyclone Idai, has prompted officials to …
Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. As of Saturday, at least 746 people had been reported killed by the storm, the flooding it caused and heavy rains before it hit. Following is an outline of …
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck 27 kilometers (17 miles) north of the city of Santa Elena on the coast of Ecuador on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at a depth of 18.5 km, the USGS said.
Over two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal late on Sunday and hundreds more were injured, police and officials said. Nepal’s Prime Minster K.P. Sharma Oli in a tweet said 25 people had been killed, and around 400 were injured. “Helicopters …
Growth in developing Asia is projected to soften to 5.7% in 2019 and 5.6% in 2020. Excluding Asia’s high-income newly industrialized economies, growth is expected to slip from 6.4% in 2018 to 6.2% in 2019 and 6.1% in 2020. As oil prices rose and Asian currencies depreciated, inflation edged up …
This report provides an overview of natural hazards in India and delves into the changing face of disaster risks, as climate change, rainfall variability, increased water use, population growth, the built environment and urbanization drive higher levels of risk. It emphasizes the need to look at ‘disasters’ from a broader …
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a common global scale for classifying the severity and magnitude of food insecurity and malnutrition. It is the result of a partnership of various organizations at the global, regional and country levels dedicated to developing and maintaining the highest possible quality in …
The Mozambican government failed to warn people in the areas worst hit by Cyclone Idai despite a “red alert” being issued two days before it struck, the mayor of the city of Beira has said. The southern African country was completely unprepared for the disaster and “profound negligence” led to …
