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

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

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

Sikkim floods: Why wasn’t early warning system set up at glacial lake known to be highly vulnerable? Experts ask

South Lhonak Lake that burst was one of the fastest expanding lakes in the region & its dangers were not unknown

Odisha’s Kandhamal evacuates people amid flood threat

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

Nepal earthquakes might have triggered outburst of Sikkim lake that expanded rapidly in 11 days, shows data

Dam being examined; bodies being recovered as Teesta recedes  

Sikkim floods: Glacial lakes hold paleoenvironmental traces. What happens to them during outbursts?

Moraine-bound lakes like Sikkim's South Lhonak contain geological archives called varves

Sikkim: Here’s why the Chungthang Hydro-dam breach is a big deal

The breach has led to the release of an astonishing 5.08 million cubic metres of water from the hydro reservoir

Flood-proof Himalayas

Spatial planning, nature-based solutions can make cities in Hindu Kush Himalaya climate-resilient

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

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  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 20, 2023)

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

Over 100 active permafrost structures identified in Jhelum basin, can cause catastrophic disasters in future: Study

Active rock glaciers in Kashmir Himalayas also hold significant volumes of water, which underlines the need to explore their hydrological …

Avalanche, cloudburst, flood: Researcher lays out chronology of events that led to Sikkim disaster

Climate change ultimate trigger for South Lhonak glacial lake outburst flood

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

Atmospheric instability behind flash floods in the arid country 

Remodelling stormwater infrastructure crucial for building sustainable cities

Unplanned real estate development in cities have led to increased flood risks and deteriorating infrastructure

Rarely inundated floodplains in Asia, Africa face higher risk now, says study. Here’s why

With increasing hazard extremes due to climate change, people settled in places that flood rarely are at risk

Century’s largest flood strikes Far North Queensland in the wake of Storm Jasper

The tropical cyclone witnessed by Queensland in Australia during December and during an El Nino year “is not normal”; such …

DTE Reportage: Bedevilled Barak

DTE reports on urban flooding, adaptation and rehabilitation efforts over a year after devastating floods in Assam’s Barak Valley

Chungthang dam breach hits milk supply in Sikkim as Bihar halts deliveries amid road damage

Some co-operative federations started making milk powder given the supply chain disruptions

‘Climate change may increase risk of glacial lakes bursting, Sikkim-like disasters may spike’

Down to Earth spoke to Kalachand Sain, director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, to understand the causes of the Sikkim glacial …

Sikkim: Threat of South Lhonak lake bursting was forewarned by researchers two years ago

Twenty-one other glacial lakes in the Teesta river basin show potential threat  

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

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