Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
for the second time in three months, a devastating earthquake rocked Turkey's north-western province of Bolu on November 12, killing nearly 400 people and injuring more than 3,000. The earthquake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale and destroyed some 300 buildings, reducing hundreds of houses to rubble. The earthquake on …
TORRENTIAL rains and floods ravaged the central coast of Vietnam in the first week of November, causing a heavy loss to life and property. According to government officials, these were the worst-ever floods to hit the coast during the past 40 years. According to a report, about 441 people have …
a month after the super cyclone, which left a trail of death and destruction in the Orissa coast, a nation watched in disbelief Orissa chief minister Giridhar Gamang saying: "We don't know what to do?' The same confusion grips the Central government machinery. More than 11,000 people have lost their …
The "super cyclone' will leave a permanent environmental impact on the coastal ecology of the region. According to eyewitnesses, the affected districts have lost more than 90 per cent of their green cover. "There is hardly any tree left on the landscape,' the chief minister said immediately after the cyclone. …
What is the lesson we have learnt from the Orissa cyclone? The poor, as individuals, learn from each cyclone or flood and adopt measures that reduce their vulnerability. But, as far as a system of emergency management goes, we need to make more efforts to learn from each natural disaster. …
The United Nations has decided to prepare a US $50-million action plan for the cyclone-affected areas of Orissa. A grade 5 cyclone hit the state on October 29. The super-cyclone ravaged numerous villages, killed thousands and rendering many homeless. Many villages still are submerged and can only be reached via …
prevention pays, but only when we invest in it. It will not pay dividends, without sustained, suitable and strategic community-level investments across the country and across development sectors. Disasters will continue to take up an increasing amount of time, cost large amounts of money and require endless efforts, not only …
Nearly 600 houses were destroyed by torrential rain and gale force winds at Medirigirya in Sri Lanka recently. The government has already sent rations to the affected areas. The four divisions
the coast of Orissa is today a picture of death and devastation. The super cyclone that hit the state's 10 coastal districts on the morning of October 29 remained centred there for about eight hours, with wind velocities rising to nearly 300 km/h for almost four hours. Swept by the …
not since 1942 has Orissa witnessed a cyclone of this magnitude. On October 18, a devastating cyclone ripped through one of the state's largest cities, Berhampur in Ganjam district, and adjoining districts leaving a trail of destruction. At the last count around 100 people, including many children, had died and …
local governments in Japan have voiced concern over their own vulnerability to quakes. Experts say that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale could strike at any time along the three fault lines in Shizuoka, Kanagawa, and Nagano prefectures. There are over 2,000 fault lines in …
hurricane Floyd, which struck eastern North Carolina on September 17, has so far claimed more than 31 lives and rendered thousands homeless. Almost two-thirds of the state has been virtually paralysed and many towns have been completely submerged. A state of emergency has been declared in 28 counties. According to …
september 5, 1984. Ganga Prasad Yadav, a farmer living in Teghara village in Saharsa district in north Bihar, will not forget the date in a hurry. "It had been raining incessantly for over a week. The water level of the Kosi river had been rising continuously. Then the eastern Kosi …
the Turkish government has placed the town of Golcuk in quarantine to guard against the spread of diseases following the devastating earthquake in the second week of August. The naval base in the town was also sealed. Only those with special passes were allowed to travel in or out of …
The Union government, the Geophysical Research Institute and the meteorological department along with six other departments have been issued notices by the Delhi high court on a petition seeking setting up of a mechanism for constant monitoring of tremors. Experts have predicted bigger earthquakes in the coming decade. Petitioner B …
Torrential rains in central Korea have killed 42 people and injured 94 in the Kaesong area alone, according to official figures. Also, 581 houses were submerged or destroyed, leaving 2,905 people homeless, according to figures released by the representative office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies …
Meteorologists have warned that the current drought in Uganda is likely to worsen in the coming months and called on the government to formulate a strategy to cushion the country against its effects. Principal meteorologist Abushen Wamubi Majugu said: "The drought will become severe. What is required now is information …
floods in northern India have claimed more than 321 lives in the past month. The situation is particularly alarming in Bihar where the toll has crossed 193, and property worth crores has been destroyed. The major rivers in the state like the Kosi, Bagmati, Kamala Balan, Punpun and Gandak have …
According to environmentalists in Pakistan, there is no disaster management plan for the 149,837 fisherfolk families settled along the 30 kilometres of the Karachi coastline, in case of any emergency as was experienced during the recent cyclone. For a city like Karachi, most of which is constructed around sea level …
on may 12, 1999, a storm swept over Patiala, Punjab, uprooting most of the district's electric poles and trees along the banks of the Bhakra Main Line ( bml ) canal that supplies water to Rajasthan and Haryana from the Bhakra-Nangal dam. "A wall of water, laden with uprooted trees …
