The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
The FAO Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security Framework Programme aims to provide strategic direction to the implementation of disaster risk reduction measures in member countries across the agricultural-related sectors — in line with the Hyogo Framework for Action and its five priorities for action. In addition, it …
New Delhi: All of India’s nuclear installations have passed structural tests aimed at assessing their capacity to withstand massive seismic shocks, the department of atomic energy said. Four expert groups conducted a study at the facilities to assess preparedness following the Fukushima quake-tsunami disaster in Japan. The study was part …
The Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) on Wednesday organised mock tsunami drills at cyclone shelters of six coastal districts. This exercise was held as a part of the drill scheduled to be held simultaneously in 20 Indian Ocean nations, including India. The exercise aimed at testing the Indian Ocean …
Private mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) and the state-owned mobile phone company Teletalk will jointly provide early warning messages during cyclones and floods to all 14 coastal districts with the help of Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) from the beginning of next year. Another private mobile operator Airtel has teamed up …
A first of its kind mock drill to test India’s new tsunami warning system, that will henceforth serve as the regional tsunami advisory service provider to the countries in the Indian Ocean region, was carried out on Wednesday with “satisfactory results”. The day-long drill, involving 21 countries in the Indian …
In a unique workshop, a Delhi-based NGO, SEEDS, today trained schoolchildren with disaster management skills in a mock earthquake drill on the eve of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. Part of the SEEDS School Safety Initiative (SSSI), the mock drill was conducted after a week-long training programme which …
A mock-drill of the tsunami that struck on December 26, 2004, triggered by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake off the Sumatra coast of Indonesia, will be re-enacted tomorrow. The idea is to test the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS). Codenamed ‘Exercise IOWAVE 11', the drill will see India …
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-GN) have undertaken a project to develop a ‘slight early’ earthquake warning system. The institute has teamed up with California Institute of Technology (CIT), Pasadena, USA, to develop a system having dense network of low-cost motion sensors capable of sensing earthquake’s early …
This standard operating procedure will include all functions pertaining to disaster prevention, institutional mechanism, preparedness, early warning, relief, recovery and rehabilitation. This standard operating procedure will apply to RWSS Department/PHED/PRED/Sanitation departments/ Board dealing with rural water supply and sanitation for natural disasters that the state is prone to. It shall …
Climate Change is taking a heavy toll on Pakistan, said Mister for Science and Technology (S&T;) Mir Changez Khan Jamali while addressing a technical session of the 5th International Conference on Flood Management, being held at International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), Tokyo, Japan. According to a …
Kolkata: Nine days before the temblor struck Sikkim and Bengal on Sunday, Dipak Ghosh, emeritus UGC fellow¸ had an uncanny feeling. The solid-state nuclear track detector he had embedded 70cm underground beside the Faculty Club at Jadavpur University recorded abnormal fluctuations in radon gas emission from below. Was this a …
New Delhi: Two quakes within a span of a week has rattled the city and brought to the fore its vulnerability due to its location in the seismic zone IV. After a review of disaster preparedness, the government has decided to name structural engineers who will help secure and retrofit …
L'Aquila, Italy: A group of Italian scientists went on trial on Tuesday for failing to predict an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in central Italy in 2009 despite signs of increased seismic activity in the area. The seven defendants —six scientists and one government official — are accused …
The deadly May 22 tornado in Joplin, Missouri caught many residents unprepared, partly because warnings issued that day were met with complacency and confusion, a federal report said on Tuesday. "The vast majority of Joplin residents did not immediately take protective action upon receiving a first indication of risk, regardless …
In the wake of Sunday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked large parts of north, east and northeastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal, the northeastern States are reviewing their preparedness to deal with any such disaster. According to the officials, Chief Ministers and Chief Secretaries of Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur …
The state disaster management department would struggle to cope with an earthquake on the scale of Sunday’s temblor near the Sikkim-Nepal border, said the minister in charge, Javed Ahmed Khan, on Monday. A day after Calcutta shook from the tremor, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, Metro did not find …
There is no sign of floods abating in Odisha. In the space of a fortnight, the number of people affected by the deluge in the Mahanadi river, the state's largest riverine system, increased from one million to 2.2 million on September 13. Two-thirds of the state's 30 districts are affected.
Livestock and Rural Development Minister Arumugam Thondaman will inaugurate the landslide prevention project in the Nuwara Eliya district today (02). The project is being launched to prevent landslides in the 42nd mile post area on the Nuwara Eliya - Gampola road. The total cost of the project has been estimated …
This new report by the Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs has detailed information on various types of disasters, institutional framework and policy guidelines in disaster management. It also presents the roadmap in tackling disasters. India’s geo-climatic conditions as well as its high degree of socio-economic vulnerability, makes it …
The focal topic of the WorldRiskReport 2011 is governance and civil society. The report examines the natural hazards related issues at the global level and draws conclusions for future actions in assistance, policy and reporting. The core of the WorldRiskReport is the WorldRiskIndex, which was developed on behalf of the …
