At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF analysis released today. Heatwaves were the predominant climate hazard shuttering schools last year, with …
They are sandwiched between the Uppanar and Bay of Bengal The coastal villages of Akkaraigori, Singarathope and Sonankuppam in Old Town here are facing a grave threat from the advancing seawaters. These fishing villages are sandwiched between the Uppanar (backwater) and the Bay of Bengal. The residents fear that if …
The government will implement two separate projects for riverbank protection and strengthening climate resilience and disaster preparedness in eight coastal towns with credit support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Total cost of the projects has been estimated at $425.7 million (Tk. 3,277.89 crore). The Manila-based lender in a statement …
Every year, disasters related to weather, climate and water hazards cause significant loss of life and set back economic and social development by years, if not decades From 1970 to 2012, 8 835 disasters, 1 94 million deaths and US$ 2 4 trillion of economic losses were reported globally as …
The tender for the project is likely to be floated by the OPTCL soon inviting bids from interested parties to set up the solar plant The Odisha government will set up a one-megawatt solar power plant near Chhatrapur, the district headquarters town of Ganjam. The plant will come up around …
India will need to be wary of an ‘active West Pacific typhoon (cyclone)’ for year 2014 as storms generated in seawaters next to the Bay of Bengal could affect the monsoon system here. The Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the West Pacific are all key basins from where …
A severe storm caused by a cyclone developing in the mighty Arabian Sea has lashed Gwadar and adjoining coastal areas, destroying at least 33 fishing boats and several government buildings — including a school and a mosque — and washing away a pipeline supplying water to the port city. The …
Tornadoes ripped through northeastern Nebraska on Monday afternoon, killing at least one person and causing serious damage in the town of Pilger, the authorities said. Two large tornadoes were on the ground near Pilger around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Video showed the tornadoes moving …
The World Bank will provide Bangladesh with additional credit of $140 million to improve and strengthen critical disaster prevention infrastructure in the coastal areas of the country. A loan agreement to this effect was signed on Monday between Bangladesh government and the Washington-based lender at the Economic Relations Division (ERD). …
Would more residents of New Orleans have evacuated ahead of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 if it had been named Kurt? A study published on Monday suggests they would have, perhaps reducing Katrina's death toll of more than 1,800. Because people unconsciously think a storm with a female name is less …
Heavy downpour triggered by Cyclone Phailin on Monday led to floods in several rivers in Odisha, leaving more than 2.5 lakh people marooned in Balasore. The state government described the situation in Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts as 'critical'. In the aftermath of the cyclone, the Odisha government deployed the armed …
The South Asian summer monsoon directly affects the lives of more than 1/6th of the world’s population. There is substantial variability within the monsoon season, including fluctuations between periods of heavy rainfall (wet spells) and low rainfall (dry spells). These fluctuations can cause extreme wet and dry regional conditions that …
An emergency management official says a tornado that struck a North Dakota oil worker camp injured nine people, one of them critically. McKenzie County Emergency Management Director Jerry Samuelson says the tornado that struck the camp about 5 miles south of Watford City on Monday destroyed eight trailers where workers …
A seven-member team of the Implementation Support Review (ISR) Mission of World Bank on Tuesday said the implementation of National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) in the State was satisfactory. The members, who made field visits to various cyclone shelter projects from May 12 to 15, hailed the NCRMP achievements …
Temporally inconsistent and potentially unreliable global historical data hinder the detection of trends in tropical cyclone activity. This limits our confidence in evaluating proposed linkages between observed trends in tropical cyclones and in the environment. Here we mitigate this difficulty by focusing on a metric that is comparatively insensitive to …
SHILLONG: Twenty-seven-year-old Portima Vh Sangma Huripukni (Balat) lost her life while as many as 126 houses were destroyed as a major cyclonic storm that hit several villages under Mawsynram Community and Rural Development Block on Friday night. As per preliminary reports submitted by the East Khasi Hills district administration led …
Villagers have seen how parts of Kendrapara district were saved during super cyclone For Niranjan Swain, a 62-year-old farmer of Badakota village of Odisha’s Kendrapara district, growing crops is just as important as making a ritualistic patrolling around a 25-acre patch of land, where he and his fellow villagers are …
Collectors asked to prepare operational plans By next year, the administrative machinery in the State may be better prepared to handle crisis response and calamity relief operations. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has initiated steps to complete the draft State plan for disaster management by this year end. District …
A staggering 33 villages and as many as 70 houses in have been reported to be fully damaged and destroyed in the cyclonic storm that hit parts of the Garo Hills region on Sunday night 27th April. The cyclonic storm which left a trail of destruction and devastation in almost …
Agartala: A tribal woman had died and at least 1450 houses damaged and unspecified number of people displaced from their homes due to a cyclone accompanied by hail storms in two districts of Tripura, official sources said on Wednesday. One Sandhya Rani Debbarma (52) had died last night when her …
At least 34 people across six states were killed in tornadoes unleashed by a ferocious storm system that razed neighborhoods and threatened more destruction in heavily populated parts of the U.S. South on Tuesday. In Arkansas and Mississippi, the hardest hit states, there have been 27 confirmed storm-related deaths and …
