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 …
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Monday blamed the state government for the damage caused to lives and property in the Konkan after Cyclone Phyan hit the coastal areas last week. "It was the duty of the government to inform fishermen about the cyclone earlier," Subhash Desai, leader of the Sena …
Cyclone Phyan spared Mumbai when it was at its fiercest but its dying residue has made eastern India warmer and turned the region around Calcutta into a temperature hotspot that may precipitate respiratory illnesses. The minimum temperature in Calcutta today was four degrees above normal at 22.6 degrees Celsius, making …
Poll debacle of the Left parties in the recently held elections has apparently caused severe damage to the confidence of the CPI-M led state government. And the Aila victims are the worst sufferers of the situation. People whose houses were damaged during the cyclone Aila that had hit North and …
Pune Minister holds review meeting It has been estimated that at least 72,000 hectares of crops have been damaged in the untimely rain and high-velocity wind that lashed the state in the past few days. The preliminary reports indicate that grapes and pomegranate crops suffered the maximum damage in the …
Cyclone Phyan, which was dubbed 11/11 in Mumbai because of the date on which it threatened the city, is the first cyclonic storm in the Konkan region in November for 43 years. The last such storm in November was seen in 1966. Though it transited around 300 km from Goa
Kolhapur: As many as 26 fishermen from the coastal district of Sindhudurg, along with eight boats, are missing in the Arabian Sea after Wednesday's Cyclone Phyan. Official sources confirmed that around 289 boats have been damaged in the storm while over 2,020 fishing nets of several fishermen are reported missing …
Cyclone Phyan may have spared the city, but the downpour it caused didn't. The unexpected showers have made the civic health authorities worried about a fresh spurt in cases of malaria, which, they say, is now bound to rear its head in the city again. Hence, as a preventive measure, …
800 fishermen missing n High alert in 5 states, 3 UTs n Gusty winds, dowpour in Gujarat, Maharashtra, predicts Met n Mumbai shuts schools, govt offices Tribune News Service & Agencies Ahmedabad/Panaji/Mumbai, November 11 Nearly 80 fishing trawlers, with an average of 10 men in each, are missing in cyclone-hit …
New Delhi: Centre on Wednesday put on alert five coastal states and three Union Territories in view of the cyclone and sent National Disaster Response Force for their assistance. Assessing the impact of the movement of the cyclone, the home ministry sent advisories to Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra …
Ahmedabad: Cyclone Phyan, which was expected to hit south coast and wreak damage along its course, gave Gujarat a miss. On Wednesday morning, the cyclone was being monitored by the chief minister
Pune Destruction : Sugarcane crop flattened, immediate harvesting only way out Unseasonal wind and rain have flattened over 25 acres of sugarcane crop at the College of Agriculture, Pune. The crop, which had grown to over nine feet and was earmarked for seed production for farmers across the district, got …
Cyclone Phyan Spotted 307 Km South-South-West Of Mumbai At 8:30 P.M. On Wednesday Piyush Pandey & Pradeep Pandey MUMBAI DOMESTIC oil and gas companies have taken measures to protect their operations from a tropical cyclone, named Phyan by the Indian met office, approaching India
Mumbai: Cyclone Phyan, which passed along the Mumbai and Konkan coasts, claimed four lives on Wednesday and caused massive damage to property in the coastal districts of Ratnagiri, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Thane and Palghar in Maharashtra. The depression in the Arabian Sea gave way to a low pressure zone, causing heavy …
Karwar/Mangalore/Udupi, Nov 12, DH News Service: Three deep-sea fishing trawlers sank in the Arabian Sea off Karwar coast, as cyclonic conditions caused extensive damage to property and standing crops in several parts of coastal Karnataka. CHOPPY WATERS: A trawler sank in the rough sea, off Karwar coast, on Wednesday. DH …
MUMBAI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued a cyclone alert for south Gujarat, implying a wet Wednesday for Mumbai. The Met department has also warned of heavy winds in Juhu, Versova, Cuffe Parade, Colaba and Worli in the next 24 hours. Hutments along the coast will face the …
Mumbai: Cyclonic storm 'Phyan' will hit South Gujarat and North Maharashtra by late this evening following a deep depression in the South East and adjoining Central Arabian Sea and fishermen have been warned against venturing into the sea, the weather office said. The Depression, which developed yesterday, intensified into a …
The Indian Meteorological Department has sounded a cyclone alert for Gujarat and Maharashtra. A depression over the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify in the coming days and move towards the north and northeast. WINDS AT 75 KMPH PREDICTED A depression over the Arabian sea is likely to intensify in …
The government today worked out a compensation package for 6,000 acres to be acquired in the Sunderbans to build embankments washed away because of cyclone Aila in May. There was no official announcement on the amount to be offered but sources said it could be between Rs 5 lakh and …
Climate change is without doubt one of the foremost and most profound threats to environmental security and basic human rights, and its effects are already being observed across the globe. For human populations, the impacts are considerable, with an estimated 325 million people adversely affected, and 300,000 deaths each year. …
