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 …
The United Nations (UN) System (WFP, UNDP and UNICEF) has extended its support to 14,000 cyclone Aila affected families still living on embankments in Bangladesh. Drawing assistance from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), the UN agencies will work to distribute food, assist with shelter and implement basic Water, …
KOLKATA, 27, JULY: Ramakrishna Mission has sunk six tubewells in the Aila-affected areas in South 24 Parganas using the Statesman Calamity Relief Fund. Three tubewells have been sunk in Chotomollakhali, Bazarpara, two in Kumirmari and one in Amtali in South 24 Parganas under the Aila cyclone relief project taken up …
The government today assured to give additional compensation to the families of the 67 fisherman who lost their lives when cyclone Phyan hit the state last year. The Opposition crticised the government for a giving compensation of only Rs 50,000 to the victims
The devastating storm, Aila, lashed three blocks in South 24-Parganas, Kultali, Basanti and Gosaba, one year ago. The river water gushed into the villages and thousands of mud built huts collapsed. Cultivable lands were submerged under six to seven feet of water during the storm. However, after the storm and …
BHUBANESWAR: Disaster warning along the Indian coast is all set for a makeover. Just picture a scenario where a tsunami warning is issued through the public address systems minutes after an earthquake strikes. To make disaster warning effective, and give vulnerable population more time to respond, a public address system-based …
JAIPUR: Initiatives for stepping up preparedness for natural disasters, establishment of safety nets such as grain bank and fodder bank and exercises for hazard vulnerability analysis at the village level in Rajasthan were highlighted at an international workshop on disaster prevention organised in Japan earlier this month. A two-member team …
Cyclone Aila seemed to have broken the back of agriculture in the Sunderbans. Most observers, including Santadas Ghosh, felt it would be years before agricultural activity got back to normal. But just three months after the cyclone, salinity notwithstanding, seeds were sprouting and the freshwater ecology stirring with life.
In recent decades, market forces have prompted farmers in the Sunderbans to choose modern, high-yielding varieties of paddy, oblivious to their sensitivity to salt. Cyclone Aila, which caused a huge inundation of salt in the fields, proved that this was a costly mistake: every farmer who sowed the modern seed …
Sea turtles are vulnerable to aspects of climate change because they have life history, physiological attributes and behaviour that make them extremely sensitive to environmental changes. Arguably, the more detectable impacts of climate change to sea turtles will occur during their terrestrial reproductive phase (egg laying, egg incubation and hatchling …
By May 31, 250 people across India reportedly died of heat stroke. 2010 has been the warmest year so far since record keeping began in 1901 Mean temperatures for March and April were also the highest till date. For March, it was 26.3°C (2°C above normal), and for April, it …
KOLKATA, 28 JUNE: Several residents of Kalitala, North 24-Parganas, have alleged that the postmaster of the Kalitala post office has been taking bribe to disburse money meant for Aila victims. He has also been accused of withholding NREGA wages. The Kalitala post master, Mr Ramen Mandol, allegedly charges Rs 200 …
BHADRAK: The monsoon showers may have come as a relief from the scorching heat but the residents of Bhadrak are in for another trouble flooding. Rains for the last two days have already inundated the court and collectorate campus and people here fear a floodlike situation in the town if …
The World Bank has approved a $255 million assistance to India to help mitigate the risks and vulnerability of people to natural disasters. The first phase of India
ONGOLE, June 18: Victims of Laila cyclone are unhappy over the visit of the central insp-ection team which is coming to Prakasam district on June 24 to assess damages. They expressed fear of not getting aid from the union government as the inspection was too late to assess damage with …
Visakhapatnam, June 15: The district administration has asked public and private sector undertakings to take part in the em-ergency response system at the time of natural calamities. At a meeting held here on Tuesday, the joint collector, Mr Pola Bhaskar, said that 30 villages in 11 mandals were prone to …
June 13: The Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma project, the first completed major irrigation project under Jalayagnam in the state, is still not providing water after 19 months of its inauguration. Incomplete canals, breaches to partially built canals due to the recent Cyclone Laila and court cases have delayed release of …
BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone shelters along the Orissa coast are all set for a makeover. Besides providing shelter to the community in times of natural calamities, these centres are proposed to be converted into full-blown communication hubs. The recent experience of Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) in handling the warning, sensitisation, …
Mayors and local government leaders from more than 100 cities of India and seven countries of South Asia gathered in the Capital on Tuesday to attend the launch of a global campaign of
FLOOD-LIKE situation prevails in the droughtprone Jaislamer district of Rajasthan as torrential rains hit the region badly. The entire western Rajasthan is badly affected by the spell of heavy rains due to Phet and upper cyclonic circulation. Jaisalmer received over 12 cm rains followed by Jodhpur and Barmer which received …
Wellington: New research has cast doubt on warnings that rising sea levels caused by climate change are slowly inundating low-lying Pacific islands. Scientists have studied 27 low-lying Pacific islands, comparing aerial photos from 60 years ago with modern satellite images, according to an article published in the New Scientist. Paul …
