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 …
A landslide destroyed nearly 300 homes, killing at least 10 people, as it swept through an Afghan village where residents were using only basic digging tools to search for survivors, officials said. Two helicopters with a rescue team and emergency aid flew to the northeastern province of Panjshir where disaster …
A total of 580,000 people have been evacuated as typhoon Maria stormed into southeastern China on Wednesday, paralyzing railway and air transportation in some areas, authorities said. The typhoon, the eighth in China this year, made landfall about 9 am on Wednesday in Lianjiang county, Fujian province, bringing gales of …
A long-running survey of American attitudes to climate change has found that 73% of people now think there is solid evidence of global warming. A further 60% believe that this warming is due, at least in some part, to human influences. Both of these findings are record highs in a …
Japan risks more severe weather and must find ways to alleviate disasters, a government spokesman said on Thursday, as intense heat and water shortages raised fear of disease among survivors of last week’s floods and landslides. Torrential rain in western Japan caused the country’s worst weather disaster in 36 years, …
Bageshwar: Heavy rainfall followed by landslide wreaked havoc in Bageshwar. Several parked vehicles were buried under rubble near Saryu river on Tuesday. Following heavy rainfall of 277 mm in Kapkot tehsil on Monday, the water level of Saryu river increased causing considerable damage in the area. Bageshwar district administration have …
Barely 50 km from the heart of Mumbai and along the proposed Rs 1.08 lakh crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train route, Mumbai’s satellite townships of Vasai, Nallasopara and Virar were marooned Tuesday after rail and road connections to Mumbai snapped. Neha Kulkarni & Gargi Verma Barely 50 km from the heart …
TOKYO: Japan is famously prone to natural disasters including earthquakes and tsunamis, and is generally considered well-prepared to cope. So why has record rainfall caused at least 100 deaths? Here are some of the factors that have contributed to the worst rain-related disaster in Japan in over two decades. The …
Auditor’s report says indiscriminate discharge of water from Chembarambakkam lake burdened the Adyar river The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has been scathing in its criticism of the government’s handling of the Chennai floods of 2015, going so far as to categorise it as a “man- made disaster”. …
After heavy shower in Jorhat city, rain inundated roads, government office campuses, schools and colleges on Saturday. Due to illegal encroachment of narrow culverts in several public and private areas, artificial flood resulted in a chaotic situation in the city. Two rivulets- Tarajan and Mohuwajan – have been blocked by …
In a scathing report the Comptroller and Auditor General Of India (CAG) held the state government responsible for the 2015 Chennai floods and called it a "man-made disaster." The report tabled in Tamil Nadu assembly on July 9, two-and-a-half years after the floods that killed 300 people, claims there was …
PATNA: Incessant heavy rain in the Nepal catchment areas of the five rivers of north Bihar over the last two days and also in the northern plains of the state have caused flood in seven districts of West Champaran, East Champaran, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Araria, Supaul and Darbhanga. However, no loss …
This study analyses the outcomes of early actions implemented in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in 2017, evaluating how effective they were in mitigating the impact of severe drought on vulnerable pastoralist livelihoods and quantifying the benefits generated through acting early. Early actions are varied and flexible, ranging from cash transfers …
About 4 000 homes were affected by flooding in informal settlements around Cape Town after heavy rain, while at least two mountain passes in Witzenberg near Ceres have snowed over and are unsafe for travel. "Due to last night's heavy downpours, localised flooding has occurred in informal settlements across the …
One person has been confirmed dead and over 100 houses affected by another rainstorm on Sunday night in Daura, Katsina State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The incident, which left four people hospitalised, occurred after similar incident displaced over 600 people in the area. The latest disaster followed …
Heavy downpour over the weekend caused flooding in several parts of the region with the worse hit being the Akyemansa district. According to the farmers, the destruction of their farms has the potential to cause rice shortage. Some of the farmers who spoke to Class FM explained that the rice …
How do international and regional tools and services support disaster response in Asia-Pacific? Asia-Pacific is the world’s most disaster-prone region, so disaster management is a regional priority. Over the past decade, most countries in the region have established national disaster management authorities and systems that are increasingly capable of managing …
This report explores the links between disasters and conflict in Asia, with a view to supporting accelerated implementation of the Asia Regional Plan, Target E and the Sendai Framework. Just under half of all global disasters occurred in the Asia-Pacific region between 2000 and 2017. The area accounts for more …
Whilst older people have special needs, they also have unique skills, experiences and roles within their families, communities and societies. These roles continue to a certain extent during droughts, though household burdens may increase as younger adults have migrated or are grazing livestock further away. At the same time, droughts …
KOLKATA: The frequency of lightning in Kolkata has increased dramatically in recent years and will continue to rise, triggering fatal consequences unless the city manages to check air pollution, scientists have warned. Speaking to TOI, scientists who have been studying the phenomenon for over two decades said rise in pollutant …
AHMEDABAD: For the last seven monsoons, the West Zone of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation — Navrangpura, Gandhigram, Naranpura, Wadaj, Sabarmati, Paldi, Stadium, Vasna wards — has been most prone to waterlogging, often at sites where schools, banks, markets, hospitals, colleges and other commercial institutions are located. A recent study by …
