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 …
Speakers at a meeting of national coordination body of the Mangroves for Future (MFF) programme on Thursday called for protection and conservation of mangrove forests which, they said, played a vital role in not only protecting coastline from soil erosion but also shielded coastal communities from cyclones and tsunamis. They …
India's disaster relief agency suffers from "critical gaps" in its preparedness for calamities, making it largely ineffective when responding to the numerous disasters the country faces such as floods and earthquakes, a government auditor's report has said. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) - set up in 2006 and chaired …
NONGSTOIN: A devastating cyclone hit Mawshynrut area of West Khasi Hills District on Wednesday night ravaging 14 villages and killing 3 persons and injuring over 51. 50 of the injured persons were admitted to Riangdo CHC while one was admitted to the Nongstoin Civil Hospital. The cyclone which first hit …
Senate standing committee on climate change Monday apprised that Pakistan is ranked among top ten countries worst hit by impacts of climate change in shape of severe floods, torrential rains, rise in temperature and cyclones. The Committee highlighted vulnerability of the country due to increased frequency and intensity of natural …
The concrete roof of a two-storey building was ripped up and dropped onto a tin-shed house by the devastating tornado at Chinair village in Brahmanbaria on Friday. Three residents of the building were killed on the spot. Photo: Enamul Haq The death toll from Friday’s tornado in Brahmanbaria rose to …
The global population living in flood-prone river basins has increased 114% in the last 40 years, while the number of people located on coastlines exposed to cyclones has risen almost 200%, according to experts. In a meeting on risk reduction at the Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters, convened …
A marine heatwave off Western Australia that killed fish and bleached coral was driven by unusual features in a warm ocean current, new research shows. During the 2011 heatwave, water temperatures were more than three degrees Celsius above long-term seasonal averages. At the peak of the event, for a two-week …
New Delhi: With one western disturbance on its way out, another is threatening to derail life in Delhi over the coming weekend. Met officials say that a fresh western disturbance is approaching and will affect the western Himalayan region and the adjoining plains of northwest and central India between February …
Climate experts at a national dialogue in Dhaka on Sunday stressed countrywide survey for assessing the number of people who are being displaced because of environmental and climatic disorders including flood, cyclone and tidal surge. Hundreds of people are being displaced every year by extreme climatic events, they said and …
Claim that special package was not fully delivered Cashew farmers of Cuddalore district affected by cyclone “Thane” are ruing their misfortune of crop losses even a year after the disaster. They say that the special package announced by the government to revive cashew crop on about 29,000 hectares is yet …
The Bureau of Meteorology says January was the hottest ever month in just over a century of records. Nationwide, the January average maximum temperature anomaly was 2.28 degrees, "a substantial increase" on the previous record of 2.17 degrees set in 1932. And, thanks to the unusual scale of the massive …
Climate refugees, after losing everything, are increasingly migrating to capital Dhaka and usually taking shelter in large urban slums or other urban poverty pockets which lack basic services. Tajuddin, 53, the head of a well-off family at Haludia village in Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha district, recently shifted to Dhaka city …
A wide area of the central and southeast United States faces the unusual threat of tornadoes in January over the next 12 to 18 hours as an approaching cold front clashes with unusually warm air, a meteorologist said on Tuesday. The first tornado warning of the approaching storm was issued …
Report shows vast forest, shared by India and Bangladesh, is being rapidly destroyed by environmental change A vast mangrove forest shared by India and Bangladesh that is home to possibly 500 Bengal tigers is being rapidly destroyed by erosion, rising sea levels and storm surges, according to a major study …
Asigning ceremony of three contracts, with a total value of over Tk 194 crore to construct 37 School-cum-Cyclone Shelters in Bhola and Patuakhali, was held on Wednesday in the offices of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) at IDB Bhaban in the city. The signatories to the contracts were Md. Wahidur …
Global prediction partnerships would cost little and reduce the regional carnage caused by floods, droughts and tropical cyclones, argues Peter J. Webster.
A mini-cyclone, that struck Pitaduwa on Sunday evening, severely damaged a number of houses and downed power lines. Some of the damaged houses had their roofs blown off. Disaster Management Centre (DMC), Assistant Director, Sarath Lal Kumara told The Island yesterday (31) that at least 25 houses were damaged by …
Growth in agriculture in general, and rainfed agriculture in particular, was impressive as well as inclusive during the 11th Plan. Variability around the growth trend and in production has reduced due to better and robust technologies, proactive management and safety nets against extreme weather events like cold/heat waves, droughts, floods …
There were no reports of casualties as Tropical Cyclone Evan roared over the Pacific island nation on Monday, uprooting palm trees, tearing roofs off buildings and blowing down power lines. A category four storm, the second highest level, when it hit Fiji, Evan had weakened and moved about 160km (100 …
More than 8,000 people, including foreign tourists, were evacuated to emergency shelters as Fiji was battered by a severe tropical cyclone, with winds topping 230kmh (140 mph) and floods damaging homes and resorts. There were no reports of casualties as Tropical Cyclone Evan roared over the Pacific island nation on …
