Floods in Nigeria: Building dams and planting trees among steps that should be taken to curb the damage
Some of the principal causes of flooding in Nigeria are rapid urbanisation, poor spatial planning and poor solid waste management
How early warning systems helped get funds for Nepal's flood-prone Terai region
Community-based flood early warning systems (CBFEWS) have been particularly successful in relaying crucial flood risk information
What happened to India’s flood management plan?
There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …
It’ll take Assam 943 years to protect itself from floods at current pace of adaptation measures
Flood-prone Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya will need 966, 935 & 996 years respectively
Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms world’s poorest countries?
Countries in Africa have some of the lowest national greenhouse gas emissions, and yet the continent is home to many of the world’s …
Kosi: How ‘Bihar’s sorrow’ moulds villages across her vast fan, year after year
People from the most influential castes and classes occupy the central and safest space in the village, while those from lower castes are …
Loss and damage from floods, storms cost India $7.6 bn in 2021: Report
Ocean warming could contribute to sea level rise, alter storm paths and ocean currents and increase stratification, the report warned
Is it climate crisis that fuelled flooding in Pakistan?
Sindh and Balochistan provinces of the country have received more rainfall than the historical normal in August
COVID-19, floods: Bihar stares at twin challenge with onset of monsoon
Bihar Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar held a meeting with top officials on June 10 to review preparedness measures
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 10, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Most Asia-Pacific countries ill-prepared for natural disasters: ESCAP
Over the past 60 years, temperatures in the region have increased faster than the global mean
North India Deluge 2023: A water plan addressing urban floods can pull Chandigarh out of troubled waters
Rainwater harvesting structures along the stormwater drains will enable the use of rainwater endowment along with preventing floods
2022 too short, too far: A year of disasters
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022
Nigeria floods: Expert insights into why they’re so devastating and what to do about them
Over 1.4 million people have been displaced, 500 died, thousands injured in floods in Nigeria
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 13, 2023)
Chennai needs an adaptive governance model to tackle climate change risks
Chennai needs continuous efforts to build the capacity of communities as well as existing institutions to enhance its resilience
Floods threaten wildlife at VTR, Bihar’s sole tiger reserve
Floodwaters entered the low-lying areas of VTR following heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak river in Nepal in the last 48 hours
Hundreds of families displaced in north Bihar as swollen rivers break their banks
Koshi, Gandak, Bagmati, Mahananda, Ganga and Adhwara flowing above danger mark at several places; Farmers in the state who were waiting for rains …
Slippery slopes: Why the Auckland storm caused so many landslides and what can be done about it
While climate change and the warming of oceans that pump-prime extreme weather events are certainly pressing issues, changing land use is also of …
Climate change is already putting the heat on insurance companies — Auckland’s floods could be a turning point
Around 5,000 homes were damaged across 25 suburbs, with more than 100 properties declared uninhabitable in the aftermath of the storm
Death, destruction deja vu: These photos show cloudbursts emergent pattern
Heavy rainfall in Dehradun's Raipur affects several villages; At least four deaths reported, heavy water flow damages bridges & roads
Indo-Gangetic Plain, Meghalaya will need to use flood protection for 1,000 years: DTE analysis
DTE analysed the need for flood protection measures in India in response to a study on the subject published in Nature
Bihar to use drones to watch over embankments
At least 12 drones will be deployed in the first phase, according to state’s water resources department
Here are some measures to upscale Delhi’s flood resilience
Climate-resilient designs and infrastructure can enhance the city’s capacity to withstand extreme weather events
Earth sciences ministry made progress but has been ‘sluggish’ on a few counts: Parliamentary report
Ministry has had a few misses in establishing District Agro-meteorological Field Units, which are responsible for preparing and disseminating agro-…