Bihar to change Kosi’s course to save ancient site, says Nitish

Government hasn’t learnt any lessons about a river known to change course itself, say environmentalists

Climate scientists say human link evident in extreme weather events

Unprecedented 2016 California drought, the 2011 US heat wave and 2010 Pakistan flood belong to a most worrying series of extremes

Flooding in Nigeria is on the rise – good forecasts, drains and risk maps are urgently needed

As the 2023 flooding approaches, it is important for federal government and state agencies to work in coordination

Climate change will pose greater threat to global security by 2030: Military experts

Forced displacement and scale of natural disasters is likely to increase by 2040, according to survey report

No plan to desilt Kosi: Bihar govt

There is no technique to desilt the Kosi, Bihar water resources minister told the assembly on March 4, 2020

Drought to deluge: Kodagu was parched 3 months ago, now receives extreme rainfall

The district has received double the amount of August’s rainfall in just nine days

Kerala: After the deluge, a drought in the works

Major rivers and wells in the state have seen their water levels dip precariously after a terrible flood hit the state in August

The Kerala deluge: Global warming’s latest act

The global community has a responsibility not to let Kerala sink as it is reeling under the onslaught of global warming in the creation of which …

Pakistan’s mountain communities brace for flash floods

Early warning systems and better weather forecasting have become a matter of life and death for communities facing more frequent and intense …

360 million people will be exposed to extreme heat in 142 Indian cities by 2050

New research reveals number of cities and citizens threatened by direct and indirect climate hazards if global greenhouse gas emissions continue …

Facing disasters: lessons from a Bangladeshi island

To save lives, resiliency plans must understand how locals in climate-vulnerable places assess risk.

Manipur: the bejewelled land shrouded in conflicts, resource scarcity

Sense of deprivation, lack of basic necessities and fear of falling out of government's favour perpetuate ethnic clashes

Life along the Kosi: series 2

The Kosi river flows through the densely populated north-east Bihar, where people mostly depend on farming, fishing and cattle. They also make …

Disease outbreak feared due to Chennai floods

A survey done in the city has found that 90 per cent population is unable to access safe water or food

Chennai struggles as rains lash Tamil Nadu for second time in a week

Just weeks ago, Chennai was staring at the possibility of a severe water shortage as storage in reservoirs stood at an abysmal 90 per cent deficit

West Bengal, Manipur witness floods, landslides due to torrential downpour

The release of dam water has aggravated the situation in Bengal where 83 people have died till now

Assam floods: 85% of Kaziranga submerged, 9 one-horned rhinos dead

The national park is home to more than 2,000 one-horned rhinos, the largest population of this species in the world

Centre announces Rs 940 crore, but Tamil Nadu yet to learn from disasters

As floods in Tamil Nadu cause a financial dent and Chennai is declared a disaster zone, a look at the rescue efforts and what’s missing in …

Flood, again

Meghalaya government and environment activists blame deforestation in Garo Hills for recent flood even as official data counters their claims

Seeds of hope

Northern Bangladesh successfully fights its age-old famine-like situation by creating a new cropping season and introducing lost indigenous rice …

No respite for Odisha and Andhra from extreme rains, floods

Ongole town in Andhra receives 34 cm rains in one day; 68 people die in flood fury in two states. Raghuram Puvvada reports from Hyderabad and …

Winds of change

El Nio, a weather phenomenon caused by a complex interaction between atmospheric and oceanic conditions has ushered in drought, forest fires and …

Scrutinising disasters

FLOOD STUDIES IN INDIA Kale, Vishwas S . Geological Society of India (Memoir; 41) . Bangalore . 1998 . 256 pp

Flood on hilltop

Unplanned development is leading to floods in Lonavala. This can stop if the municipality declares it a hill station

Pilgrims discounted

Uttarakhand is still vulnerable to a disaster like last year's because of unregulated tourism