Phailin(g) to tell the story
The dead make a better story than the living. Failure of media to continue reporting Phailin will take the pressure off administration to provide …
India may have highest climate risk globally but its banks are unprepared to support climate action: Report
Yes Bank emerged as leader in climate-risk preparedness; State Bank of India most exposed to coal sector
There are no ‘natural disasters’
A weather-related disaster doesn’t need to be. By addressing the vulnerability of a society, the worst of it can be avoided
Tropical depression that brought floods to Lanka moving north to south India
While it may bring cyclonic rain, it won’t delay the monsoon in India, say experts
Threat by monster waves to grow by 2100, coastline caution needs consideration, study suggests
Current estimates on climate change’s impacts on monster waves across 80% of the world’s oceans are unclear
Cyclone Gati spurs locust outbreak threat in Somalia
Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone ever measured Somalia, made landfall on November 22, 2020
Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time
Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague
What is the bomb cyclone blitzing across US?
The winter storm, Ulmer, has led to terrifying blizzard conditions, tropical storm winds and heavy rainfall; killing one person
From Phailin to Hudhud: a year of extreme weather events
Year 2014 has witnessed a series of floods, droughts and an unusual spell of hailstorms in a few states. A look at the damage and displacement …
Hudhud hits fisher people in Odisha
Bad weather spells in Bay of Bengal between February to October, the busiest period for fishers, have affected their livelihood
Heavy rains lash coastal Odisha as Bulbul nears
Fishermen have taken shelter in harbours even as farmers are harvesting paddy that has not fully ripened
‘Internationally, core weather forecasting is always done by national weather services’
Down To Earth speaks to Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), about the weather forecasting …
Dense fog in north India linked to cyclonic activity in Bay of Bengal
This year, the fog has arrived few weeks early on the back of cyclonic activity in the Bay of Bengal and light easterly winds blowing over the …
After rattling Chennai, cyclone Nada to bring rain in Karnataka
Waterlogging was reported in certain low-lying areas due to non-completion of stormwater drain works
Tamil Nadu stands guard as cyclone Nada approaches
Strong winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
One person is displaced every second by disasters
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) estimates that disasters forced more than 19.3 million people in 100 countries to flee their …
Phailin cyclone: how severe?
Experts in the West say Phailin is category 5 tropical cyclone, and may prove to be more devastating than even Hurricane Katrina
Cyclone Gulaab: Heavy rain lashes West Bengal, 2 dead
Large swathes of land in Murshidabad, Nadia, Birbhum, Bankura and the coastal areas inundated
Odisha seaside villagers move to safe places as cyclone Amphan intensifies
Over 567 cyclone shelters and 7,092 buildings have been readied, claimed a state official
Plant 50 million mangroves in the Sundarbans? Improbable, say experts
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had decided on the plantation to compensate for plants lost during Cyclone Amphan
Assam floods 2023: Around 34,000 people affected; IMD predicts heavy rain for next 5 days
Assam gets 2,818 millimetres of rainfall in a year and has received nearly 10 per cent of the rains in the last 10 days
Cyclone Biporjoy likely to make landfall in Gujarat; what is unusual about it?
Biporjoy is unusual because most models could not predict that it would intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm
Cyclone Mocha largely spares Bangladesh but not Myanmar; detailed damage not known yet
Rohingya refugees around Cox’s Bazar saved; but not those in camps of Sittwe city
Mocha: Cyclone intensification may not be very high since it will be formed in heart of the Bay, say experts
Experts are treading cautiously about path Mocha will take; it depends on storm’s recurve, they say
Cyclone Freddy travelled from Australia to batter Madagascar, one of the most climate-vulnerable nations
The world’s fourth-largest island is suffering a drought since 2018; cyclones and also the first famine caused by climate change