Murdering the Mekong river
The Lao and Thai governments plan to build mainstream dams and irrigation take offs on the river. This will convert this mighty waterway into …
Typhoon Wipha heads to Fukushima
Once-in-a-decade event poses a huge flood potential, say meteorologists
Centre and state join hands to clean the Yamuna
A Special Purpose Vehicle has been created to enable officials to clean the river on the lines of the Sabarmati riverfront model
Floods affect over 60,000 in Assam
Rains swell rivers in Assam beyond danger level; roads, houses submerged
What really happened in Uttarakhand
Latest theory suggests combination of rain and landslides caused the disaster
Rivers' fury
Letters
Flood alert in Gujarat
Dam-induced floods feared in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kheda districts
Why Hirakud dam failed to check flood
The river has strayed from its flood control route
Dams induce severe floods
They were built for flood protection by attenuating rivers’ flow
Rehabilitation of Uttarakhand disaster-affected top priority for new chief minister
People displaced by floods and landslides last summer spent harsh winter months in makeshift tents
Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods
The region is surrounded by 8000 glacial lakes, 200 of them potentially dangerous
Why floods despite dams
South Asia
European Parliament backs new law to create flood combating systems
Do Bihar migrants have the choice to not go back to cities?
North Bihar’s unique geo-physical settings and hydro-meteorology make it one of the most vulnerable regions to environmental forces to&…
Unplanned urbanisation, encroachment blamed for Srinagar flood
Illegal structures had mushroomed on Jhelum’s banks and around lakes, clogging drainage channels
River flood plains remain go zones
Environment ministry dithers on notification seeking to regulate construction activities in flood plains
Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts
State drags its feet over installing early warning systems
Jammu and Kashmir was unprepared for flood fury
State did not have forecasting system or a disaster management plan in place
NASA images show flood water spilling from Yangtze river dams
Water was seen moving through the gates of the Three Gorges Dam to the smaller Gezhouba Dam, around 26 kilometres southeast
How to contain Himalayan tsunamis
The Himalaya has one of the most fragile topographies among mountain ranges of the world on account of being the youngest. Even though its phase …