Engineered flood

A flood without rain

Accelerated melting of glaciers floods Bhakra Nangal dam

How NREGA helped Panihari village

Weather alert: Heavy rain forecast for Assam in next 10 days

State may get a quarter of its annual rainfall through June 19; experienced heavy floods after large excess June rains last year

COP27: ‘Translation between change in weather and damages is not linear’

Down To Earth talks to Friederike Otto, climate scientist at Imperial College London about the science of weather attribution

2022 Durban floods were most catastrophic natural disaster yet recorded in South African province

New research suggests flooding events in KwaZulu-Natal have doubled over the last century or more

2022 saw record-breaking weather events despite 3-year run of La Niña: State of the Global Climate report

There were continuous droughts in East Africa, record rainfall in Pakistan & record heatwaves in China & Europe in 2022

As wetlands in Kenya dry up, locals opt for alternative livelihood options

Under Ramsar Convention, Kenya is obligated to ensure wise use of wetlands by including wetland conservation considerations in national …

Assam floods affect 21,000; heavy rain forecast till June 19

Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Cachar and Kamrup districts in state affected by floods

Another atmospheric river storm is battering California

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

COP27: Climate vulnerable countries, G7 launch plan for quick loss and damage funding

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Senegal, Philippines and Ghana will be among the first countries to receive assistance from the Global …

Watery grave: How garbage, encroachments contaminated Guwahati’s only river

Natural and artificial drains in the city get clogged during heavy rains and spill on to the roads

Art of gobbling up Yamuna floodplain

Without proper mapping and a plan for its acceptable use, no one can prevent the Yamuna floodplain from being gobbled up

Welcome to cyber city

Computers cannot prevent floods -- a lesson that the Internet-savvy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is learning the hard way

After cyclone Phailin, villages face flood fury

People deny receiving any supply materials, aid

Uttarakhand floods: more rains predicted

Light to moderate rain forecast from June 24; will impede ongoing rescue operations

Why is rain a tragedy for cities?

Spate of neglect

Witnessing a cycle of misery in Bihar's flood-prone villages

After Mahanadi floods, Odisha farmers at mercy of Sitrang

Farmers harvest immature standing crops in fear of greater losses due to cyclonic storm 

Climate change may worsen cholera crisis in Africa: WHO

Extreme weather events like major floods and even droughts may be driving the health crisis; Malawi facing the worst ever crisis

Breach of trust

This is not a story about floods in Bihar. This is a story about how an entire society has been corrupted by money meant to build embankments for …

Assam speaker refers non-utilisation of flood relief fund to privileges panel

Revenue and disaster management minister Prithibi Majhi shrugs away responsibility

Hudhud ravages Vizag, kills three in Andhra Pradesh

Evacuation of people to safer areas helped minimise casualty

A sustainable engineering disaster