Did climate change cause cyclone Nargis?

Why floods despite dams

Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods

The region is surrounded by 8000 glacial lakes, 200 of them potentially dangerous

New swine flu kit makes disease detection easier in India

Portable testing kit gives results within an hour

Dow Chemical to help Bhopal gas tragedy victims

Monsoon arrives early; kills over 30 people in Uttarakhand

Extreme rains over weekend contribute to 68 per cent surplus rainfall in the country

US Case - In Court

Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts

State drags its feet over installing early warning systems

Bhopal to Germany

Airlifting Union Carbide waste requires amending Indian law, violates Basel Convention

Letters

Chidambaram visits Bhopal on June 5

Gas disaster victims say they would like to present actual injuries, death reports

Letters

Bedevilled Barak: 2022 Assam deluge damaged houses in Katigorah, pushing locals to flood-proof their dwellings

Villagers are ready to spend lakhs on raising the ground while building houses, say locals

Why improved forecasts are not helping prevent floods, droughts

The only way India can maximise the value of its massive investments in weather and S2S forecasts is by ensuring a process to bridge the gap …

Joshimath sinking: No mention of NTPC hydro project in NDMA report

Part 2: Report looks into Joshimath landslide causes; recommends banning construction but going ahead with Helang-Marwari bypass  

Johan von Schreeb on humanitarian aid

Johan Von Schreeb, a surgeon who has worked for the group Medicins Sans Frontieres, is a public health scholar with the Karolinska Institutet, …

Drought of equity

A large part of Maharashtra has been declared drought-hit. But distribution of water is quite incongruous. While the few who are politically and …

Threat from climate change to some of India’s sacred pilgrimage sites is reshaping religious beliefs

One significant theological change that seems to be underway within Himalayan Hinduism as a result of climate change is the transformation of the …

Red tape and corruption delay compensation

DECEMBER 2-3 marks the eighth anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak - the world's worst industrial disaster. More than 4,000 lives were lost and 6.…

Good communication is a key part of disaster response

There's a need for more trained personnel using social media during a disaster and for funding to adequately equip public-sector organizations …

UNCCD COP14: Droughts most disastrous for agriculture

They cost agriculture $29 billion in a decade, according to a white paper released at the conference

'Natural disasters are shaped by social and economic inequality'

Down To Earth speaks to historian Ben Kingsbury, who, in his book An Imperial Disaster: The Bengal Cyclone of 1876, says natural disasters are …

Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do

The evidence from Italy and other earthquakes is damning: structures are not generally earthquake-proof

How to assess disasters: 8 Indian states adopt global standards

Separate window by 15th finance commission for carrying out Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

Early action can mitigate impact of disaster; Africa sets an example

A pilot project in three African countries shows how vulnerable communities can survive climate disasters if early actions are taken