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 …
Tanzania President John Magufuli has dismissed two senior officials after they were caught opening a fake bank account to funnel aid funds destined for victims of a recent earthquake. The 5.7 magnitude earthquake, which struck the Kagera region in Tanzania near the Uganda border on 10 September, killed at least …
GLOF is low-frequency event, but it often causes enormous loss and damage of life, property and human environment in downstream regions. The economic losses caused by GLOF are much higher than the project costs to early consolidate moraine dam and release flood waters. Glacial lake outbursts can be very difficult …
BEIJING - China on Monday allocated 220 million yuan ($33 million dollars) to typhoon-hit Fujian and Zhejiang provinces for disaster relief work. The money, allocated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA), will be used in relocating and compensating people affected by Typhoon Meranti and …
Athula Priyakantha woke up on May 16 to heavy rain that had been pelting down since the previous day. The rain, part of tropical cyclone Roanu, didn't concern him. The house, just east of Colombo, Sri Lanka's commercial capital, isn't in a flood-prone area. In fact, the last time Priyakantha's …
The GHMC has asked Army officials to inspect Begumpet, Nizampet, Alwal and Hakimpet areas, especially low-lying colonies. Hyderabad: The GHMC has asked the Army for help in relief operations in the city. As per Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s directions, GHMC commissioner B. Janardhan Reddy on Thursday met defence officials …
As well as those who have lost their homes, up to 600,000 people are estimated to need some form of support after having lost access to safe water and basic services. 19 September 2016 (Pyongyang): Humanitarian agencies in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) urgently need US$28.2 million to …
DEHRADUN: In a first, members of paramilitary forces like BSF, ITBP, CSIF etc along with forest officials were provided training at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) on Monday on "Forest Fire Disaster Risk Mitigation". The five-day training programme in which paramilitary personnel have been included for the first time is …
State disaster management director Suhas Diwase said Maharashtra is among the six states in the coastal area that has been selected for the programme. Maharashtra will be part of the unique Cyclone mitigation project for Konkan region which will be funded by the World Bank and Central government with a …
The heavy floods, which claimed the lives of many and which left destruction in its path last December, was the biggest disaster witnessed not only by the people of Chennai but also to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), which played a key role in rescuing several hundreds of persons, …
Landslides have large negative economic and societal impacts, including loss of life and damage to infrastructure. Slope stability assessment is a vital tool for landslide risk management, but high levels of uncertainty often challenge its usefulness. Uncertainties are associated with the numerical model used to assess slope stability and its …
A large earthquake and tsunami took place in February 2010, affecting a significant part of the Chilean coast (Maule earthquake (Mw = 8.8). Dichato (37° S), a small town located on Coliumo Bay, was one of the most devastated coastal places and is currently under reconstruction. Therefore, the risk factors …
The full and devastating power of tsunamis has been recreated in lab for the first time, revealing valuable secrets about the little-understood waves. The work will lead to vital improvements to sea defences, coastal buildings and evacuation plans, ultimately saving lives. Five major tsunamis have struck coasts around the world …
BEIJING - The central government on Tuesday initiated a level-IV emergency response plan to manage the drought in Northwest China's Gansu Province. The National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs have dispatched teams to help with the relief work. Some areas in the province have seen …
Sri Lanka and the World Bank today signed three loan agreements amounting to US$ 187 million for three projects to advance disaster recovery efforts, to protect Sri Lanka's eco systems and for growth and jobs. World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough and Dr. R.H.S. …
Raps State for having no disaster management plan yet Observing that the State Disaster Management plan still remains on paper as a draft for six years, the Madras High Court, on Tuesday, observed that last year’s December floods could have been averted if the plan was in place. The First …
This paper presents an innovative web-based decision support system to facilitate emergency management in the case of oil spill accidents, called WITOIL (Where Is The Oil). The system can be applied to create a forecast of oil spill events, evaluate uncertainty of the predictions, and calculate hazards based on historical …
Chikungunya cases in Delhi have shot up to 423, a massive rise in the figure released by civic authorities India had “tried to partner” with a Denmark-based biotechnology major for working on development of vaccine for chikungunya about 10 years ago, but the “deal fell through”, a former member of …
Contractors who reinforced buildings "on the cheap" may have run up the death toll in central Italy's devastating earthquake and could face criminal charges, a local prosecutor said Sunday. Also Sunday, Pope Francis pledged to visit "as soon as possible" the Italian towns that took the brunt of Wednesday's temblor. …
Rescue teams were working through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remained of central Italian towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least 159 people. One hotel that collapsed in the small town of Amatrice probably had …
Patna: With five more deaths reported from Samastipur district on Wednesday, the toll in the Ganga floods in 12 affected districts has mounted to 28. The state Disaster Management Department (DMD) said two more deaths reported from Begusarai district were subject to verification. Bhojpur has the maximum number of deaths …
