In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 …
The nuclear crisis in Japan is a wake-up call for India and everyone else, readily admitted Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday. He said additional safety measures would be specified for the 10,000-Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra's coastal Ratnagiri district. Addressing a conclave on ‘Business …
Read DTE's latest coverage on Japan nuclear crisis: Nuclear fault lines run deep Author(s): Latha Jishnu Posted on: 1 April 2011 Blogs A tsunami of questions Author(s): Sunita Narain Posted on: 16 March 2011 Nuclear secrecy is a matter of concern Author(s): Richard Mahapatra Posted on: 16 March 2011 Japan's …
Earthquakes Nuclear Power Plants Shaky foundations July 31, 2008 Predicting earthquakes Nov 15, 2007 Shaky foundation April 15, 2006 Turn to nature March 15, 2005 If not now Jan 31, 2005 Lots of zeal and money Nov 30, 2004 Learning from the Gujarat quake June 15, 2003 Delhi is earthquake …
The current nuclear crisis in Japan is the most critical one after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Tracking it closely means a lot for India as it points out how a nuclear crisis is managed. It is important at a time when the world is getting obsessive with nuclear safety. …
Mumbai: Leading nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar said on Monday that Jaitapur was relatively secure from a tsunami or an earthquake, amid demands for the reconsideration of the power plant project in the wake of the accident involving a facility in Japan. Explosions were reported from two nuclear units at the …
New DelhiAmidst persisting concerns over the safety of nuclear power plants in view of what has happened in tsunami-devastated Japan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday sought to allay apprehensions on this count and said all nuclear installations in the country would nonetheless go through a review of their safety …
Nuclear power plants are designed to withstand natural disasters like earthquakes. In France, for instance, nuclear plants are designed to withstand an earthquake twice as strong as that experienced in the past 1,000 years. In India, the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, Tarapur Atomic Power Station and …
New Delhi: India sent a planeload of blankets to Japan on Sunday, to help tsunami-stricken people in the cold north-east of the country cope with weather, foreign ministry officials said. The government has asked Haryana and Punjab to procure large numbers of woollen blankets, and sources said another lot of …
Japanese officials struggled on Sunday to contain a quickly escalating nuclear crisis in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, saying they presumed that partial meltdowns had occurred at two crippled reactors, and that they were bracing for a second explosion, even as problems were reported at two more …
Boston: The tsunami that thrashed California's coast, triggered by the devastating earthquake in Japan, has caused damage totalling about $ 50 million in the west coast state.
Tokyo Electric Power Co, Toshiba Corp, East Japan Railway Co and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co are among companies that may be most hurt by the strongest earthquake on record to hit Japan, analysts and investors said. Tokyo Electric, battling to avoid a meltdown at its Fukushima nuclear plant, faces
In April, we will be observing the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Though every year the anniversary reminds us of the perils of nuclear power, this year it sent an advance message through a ferocious messenger-the tsunami of Japan. The nuclear crisis in Japan continues. By Monday morning, …
In the present study, an assessment of the status of coral reefs along the Pongi Balu coast, south Andaman Islands, which is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, has been made by scuba diving, low draft glass-bottom boat and visual interpretation in some places during low-tide condition.
Greg Kowald was driving through the centre of Toowoomba when a terrifying, tsunami-like wall of water roared through the streets of the northeast Australian city. Office windows exploded, cars careened into trees and bobbed in the churning brown water like corks. The deluge washed away bridges and sidewalks; people desperately …
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, constituted a committee consisting of four experts to examine the issues pertaining to diversion of forest land in Mundra Taluka of Kutch district in favour of M/s Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone Ltd. This is the report of expert group on …
A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the western Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, triggering a small tsunami exactly six years after giant waves killed 2,20,000 people around the Indian Ocean. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the shallow quake generated a tsunami, but it cancelled a regional warning …
R Venkatramani | ENS Nagapattinam, December 26 ON December 26, 2004, the coastal Nagapattinam district witnessed the worst disaster in its history. More than 6,400 people perished in the tsunami that lashed the coast and thousands were rendered homeless. T he hamlets came to known as
