Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 26, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal  

Simply Put: 10, Drowning Street

Cyclonic disturbance threatens crops, population in Odisha

Hilly areas are likely to face landslides and damage to kutcha roads and houses

Simply Put: Boat-life, not lifeboat

Heavy flood and hailstorm in Jordan: One dead, teen missing

Atmospheric instability behind flash floods in the arid country 

Odisha’s Kandhamal evacuates people amid flood threat

Vamsadhara river at Kasinagar and the Baitarani at Rajghat breach danger levels

Run-up to COP27: Extreme weather events drive mass migration in Odisha’s Kendrapara, Jharkhand’s Palamu, says study

Social factors also played an important role in driving migration

Flood warnings that don’t break the banks

Global number of weather disasters has increased by five times over the last 50 years

Simply Put: Slothful climate adaptation

Heavy rains, flooding in north Italy claim 8 lives; thousands evacuated

An average of 200 mm of rainfall happened in the last 36 hours

Disaster insurance gains traction in East Africa as small-scale farmers in Kenya receive flood compensation

300 households in Kenya’s Tana River receive over $90,000 as compensation

Northern India floods will prompt insurance companies to hike premiums: Expert

Industry’s loss ratio will likely remain high at 75.2% in 2023

Wet century ahead: Extreme rainfall here to stay for Western Ghats, North East

Extreme rainfall events have become more frequent since the 1980s, the analysis noted

Monsoon 2022: Himachal sees 7 cloudbursts, 31 flash floods in a month

Cold desert region affected; 133 deaths due to calamities reported in state

Global population exposed to floods grew over 20% in 15 years: Study

The growth was concentrated in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Flash floods in Kerala: A junked breakwater plan may have been Achilles’ heel

Flooding revealed lack of disaster preparedness; more rain expected this week

Another atmospheric river storm is battering California

Emergency declared in the US state; Third such storm to affect it since December 26

How lack of coordination between Odisha and Chhattisgarh led to floods

Lack of information from Chhattisgarh and water hoarding by Odisha to blame 

More people moved into high flood zones, exposing larger populations to water disasters: World Bank

Most countries, especially in East Asia, saw more settlements in regular flood zones, ultra-high flood zones than in dry areas

Devastating glacial lake outburst causes flash floods in Sikkim

At least 30 people have been reported missing in flash floods and six bridges have been washed away between Chumthang and Rangpo

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

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

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

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 …