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Missing links in India’s cyclone response: Housing, crop & livelihood challenges after Cyclone Montha

Biswanath Dash

31 Oct 2025

4 min read

High-level steering winds sent Hurricane Melissa on a sharp turn directly into Jamaica on Oct. 28, 2025.

Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed

Ethan Murray

30 Oct 2025

5 min read

Screengrab from a video shared by Jamaican Member of Parliament Floyd Green on social media shows the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 warns of deepening crisis as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

Akshit Sangomla

29 Oct 2025

4 min read

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 warns of deepening crisis as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

Akshit Sangomla

29 Oct 2025

4 min read

A scene of devastation in Phali Laga Sauntonola village in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand relocation crisis: Villages devastated by rain and buried under rubble

Raju Sajwan

27 Oct 2025

4 min read

Forecast track of low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal

Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal as post-monsoon storm season begins

Pulaha Roy

24 Oct 2025

2 min read

Uma Devi's house in Semi village, Rudraprayag district, is developing cracks.

Uttarakhand relocation crisis: Villages scarred by Kedarnath tragedy face threat of another displacement

Raju Sajwan

23 Oct 2025

4 min read

For Wayanad 2024’s survivors, the landslide never ended; it only moved from the slopes to the ledgers

K A Shaji

18 Oct 2025

6 min read

Lightning strikes took over 2,500 lives in 2023: NCRB data

Shagun

30 Sep 2025

3 min read

Smoke emissions from US wildfires resulted in over 40,000 excess deaths between 2011 and 2020: Research

Himanshu Nitnaware

25 Sep 2025

3 min read

Uttarakhand: Heavy rains wreak havoc in Nandanagar, 12 missing in Chamoli

Rajesh Dobriyal

18 Sep 2025

2 min read

Extreme precipitation in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district; several villages affected

Siddhanath Vaijinath Mane

17 Sep 2025

2 min read

Rescue workers at Devbhoomi College in Premnagar after reports of students stranded in the floods.

Thirteen dead, 16 missing after heavy rains lash Uttarakhand

Rajesh Dobriyal

16 Sep 2025

3 min read

Western Himalaya at point of no return?

DTE Staff

16 Sep 2025

8 min read

From June 1 to September 5, 2025, rainfall in Uttarakhand was 24 per cent in excess. Most of the rain occurred in a short period, leading to flash floods and landslides

Melted like wax

Akshit Sangomla

16 Sep 2025

10 min read

‘We cannot develop the mountains like plains’

Dakshiani Palicha

17 Sep 2025

7 min read

There is no end to preparing for extreme weather events in the Himalayas: Sonam Lotus

Rajat Ghai

27 Aug 2025

2 min read

‘The government has invited these Himalayan disasters’

Rajat Ghai

18 Aug 2025

5 min read

Myanmar’s current socio-political turmoil may result in delay of aid for quake affected victims; inequality and discrimination may aggravate situation: Surya Parkash

Rajat Ghai

31 Mar 2025

2 min read

The Sagaing Fault triggered the March 28 Myanmar quake as it had accumulated a lot of energy: O P Mishra

Rajat Ghai

29 Mar 2025

3 min read

Too much fossil fuel usage, irresponsible development models has resulted in topsoil erosion in Western Ghats: Kalkuli Vittal Hegde

Too much fossil fuel usage, irresponsible development models have resulted in topsoil erosion in Western Ghats: Kalkuli Vittal Hegde

M Raghuram

31 Aug 2024

4 min read

Missing links in India’s cyclone response: Housing, crop & livelihood challenges after Cyclone Montha

Biswanath Dash

31 Oct 2025

4 min read

Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed

Ethan Murray

30 Oct 2025

5 min read

Bihar's indigenous languages hold the key to water resilience

Devina Krishna

22 Sep 2025

5 min read

Floods in Northwest India expose the fragility of childhood

Soha Moitra

22 Sep 2025

4 min read

A striking trend

Sanjay Srivastava

12 Sep 2025

3 min read

These seven questions need to be asked in the aftermath of the 2025 Punjab Floods

Harinder Happy

12 Sep 2025

6 min read

The recent floods in Punjab are proof that its youth are neither ‘idle’ nor ‘reckless’

Gian Singh

11 Sep 2025

6 min read

The 2025 Punjab floods are a sum total of extreme rain, weak embankments, floodplain encroachment and obstruction of natural drainage

Sucha Singh

06 Sep 2025

5 min read

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Top News

Missing links in India’s cyclone response: Housing, crop & livelihood challenges after Cyclone Montha

Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 warns of deepening crisis as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

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UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 warns of deepening crisis as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

Uttarakhand relocation crisis: Villages devastated by rain and buried under rubble

Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal as post-monsoon storm season begins

Uttarakhand relocation crisis: Villages scarred by Kedarnath tragedy face threat of another displacement

For Wayanad 2024’s survivors, the landslide never ended; it only moved from the slopes to the ledgers

Lightning strikes took over 2,500 lives in 2023: NCRB data

Smoke emissions from US wildfires resulted in over 40,000 excess deaths between 2011 and 2020: Research

Uttarakhand: Heavy rains wreak havoc in Nandanagar, 12 missing in Chamoli

Extreme precipitation in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district; several villages affected

Thirteen dead, 16 missing after heavy rains lash Uttarakhand

Western Himalaya at point of no return?

Melted like wax

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‘We cannot develop the mountains like plains’

There is no end to preparing for extreme weather events in the Himalayas: Sonam Lotus

‘The government has invited these Himalayan disasters’

Myanmar’s current socio-political turmoil may result in delay of aid for quake affected victims; inequality and discrimination may aggravate situation: Surya Parkash

The Sagaing Fault triggered the March 28 Myanmar quake as it had accumulated a lot of energy: O P Mishra

Too much fossil fuel usage, irresponsible development models have resulted in topsoil erosion in Western Ghats: Kalkuli Vittal Hegde

Blogs

Missing links in India’s cyclone response: Housing, crop & livelihood challenges after Cyclone Montha

Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed

Bihar's indigenous languages hold the key to water resilience

Floods in Northwest India expose the fragility of childhood

A striking trend

These seven questions need to be asked in the aftermath of the 2025 Punjab Floods

The recent floods in Punjab are proof that its youth are neither ‘idle’ nor ‘reckless’

The 2025 Punjab floods are a sum total of extreme rain, weak embankments, floodplain encroachment and obstruction of natural drainage