Uttarakhand residents get little succour
They have lost homes, belongings; claim no government aid available as yet
Lessons in dealing with floods
Thorthormi lake: Bhutan's impending climate disaster
Mission to reduce chances of glacial lake's outburst fails to achieve target
PUBLIC PRESSURE
US approves water bill
Zambezi action plan draws flak
Typhoon Wipha heads to Fukushima
Once-in-a-decade event poses a huge flood potential, say meteorologists
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
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
Jammu and Kashmir was unprepared for flood fury
State did not have forecasting system or a disaster management plan in place
Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts
State drags its feet over installing early warning systems
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
Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management
The impact of floods has become more severe due to land degradation, human pressures & over-extraction of groundwater