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 …
On Tuesday, Uttarakhand's Governor, Margaret Alva flagged off trucks loaded with aid materials for victims of natural disasters while students of Welham Girls School pitched in with their bit; acts that definitely deserve appreciation. However, as one acknowledges the relief effort, thoughts dash to the looming possibility of a catastrophic …
Countries in the Asia-Pacific are more prone to natural disasters than those in other parts of the world says this first of its kind regional disaster report launched at 4th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in South Korea. People in the Asia-Pacific region are four times more likely …
This report presents a new approach to disaster risk management: ‘climate smart disaster risk management’ (CSDRM) approach. It is primarily for those working in disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. It will also be critical reading for those working more broadly on vulnerability and poverty reduction programmes within or …
This report highlights how better legislation can help to significantly reduce the human suffering caused by the growing number of natural disasters. It highlights three areas where IFRC expects law to make a key difference in Asia Pacific and where the Red Cross and Red Crescent is supporting governments to …
About one billion slum dwellers in developing countries are vulnerable to disasters because they live in congested and poorly built houses without emergency services, the Red Cross said in a report released Tuesday. Fewer people die from cyclones, floods and earthquakes in countries with planned housing, infrastructure and emergency teams, …
Bangladesh may expect a major earthquake to hit anytime as experts said 'radio carbon' analysis suggests the major quakes return within 250 to 300 years and the country has already exhausted nearly 250 years since a major earthquake struck in 1762. Earthquake expert Professor Mehedi Ahmed Ansary told BSS on …
Bangladesh is at the threshold of a big scale earthquake that might happen anytime, a seismic expert has apprehended. Dr Syed Humayun Akhter, Professor of Geology Department of Dhaka University, said the recent small scale tremors signal big earthquake ahead and it is imperative to take immediate preparedness to face …
Ahmedabad: A number of villages in Maliya, Junagadh have big Geographic Information System (GIS) maps put up in the main area of the village where there are specific routes marked for people to take in case there are floods or any other disaster to reach the safe spot. The map …
Vinod Thomas and Ronald S. Parker CATASTROPHE: The floods in Pakistan are estimated to have been worse than the scale of the devastating 2004 tsunami. The frequency and intensity of natural disasters have been on the rise in recent decades. Just in 2010, a catastrophic earthquake devastated Haiti, a far …
THE Coast Guard has to urgently address the requirement of augmenting the response capabilities at the highest level in order to avert calamities following any oil spill, a top official with the organisation responsible for various services at sea said on Wednesday. This was necessary given the environmental hazards arising …
The concept of Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) refers to a series of measures which aims to build resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable people to climate change by combining elements of social protection (SP), disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in programmes and projects. While these …
The 2010 World Disasters Report (WDR) focuses on urban risk in the context of a world which is urbanizing rapidly, where over half the world’s population now live in cities for the first time and more people than ever before live in slums. The report states that the root cause …
This report charts the approach to disaster risk reduction and poverty alleviation followed by Practical Action in Nepal. It aims to be informative of the relationship between disasters and poverty and makes suggestion on the basis of the project work with Nepali communities.
Bhubaneswar: Apprehending a possible crop loss in Odisha this year, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed the concerned department to make an action plan to combat drought-like situation in the state. The directive of the chief minister came while reviewing precautionary measures on possible flood situation at the State …
BHUBANESWAR: Disaster warning along the Indian coast is all set for a makeover. Just picture a scenario where a tsunami warning is issued through the public address systems minutes after an earthquake strikes. To make disaster warning effective, and give vulnerable population more time to respond, a public address system-based …
BHUBANESWAR: Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management Surjya Narayan Patro today informed the Assembly that the Ministry of Earth Science had set up 37 automatic weather stations in the State. To a question from Rajendra Kumar Das (BJD), the Minister said there is a proposal to set up such weather …
This report aims to explain to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of geoinformation technologies for reducing disaster risks and losses, based on the knowledge and experience of experts in these fields. It covers all regions of the world and all aspects of disaster risk and its …
Jamshedpur, June 10: The East Singhbhum district administration is gearing up to tackle probable flash floods this monsoon. The three urban civic bodies
