The daily bread
Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under …
Waters of woe
The recent spate of floods can easily be interpreted as one of the worst floods of the century for India
Assam drenched, devastated
After the heat wave the deluge. Flash floods, triggered by torrential rains over the past two weeks, have rendered at least four lakh people …
Half a million people may be affected by floods in Sudan this year
Floods in Sudan this year could aggravate food insecurity, the United Nations and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent …
Are we inured to weather crises?
Not the number of natural disasters; we now need to keep an account of losses and damages
Life along the Kosi: series 1
The saying goes Eqypt is the gift of the Nile. Throughout history rivers around the world have nurtured civilisations. In India, rivers are …
The earth may shake, but life goes on
The fragile ecology of the Garhwal Himalaya witnessed another season of cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods -- made worse by the 1991 …
A photographer's exposure to reality
At the end of each photo-journalistic journey I make, it finally comes down to this -- those first moments of nervous discovery. It was then that …
Conflict over ganga
Over 2,500-odd kilometers this river meanders, flowing through the lives of over 500 million people, enabling a vast basin spread over Nepal, …
Deficit rainfall in some districts, flooding in nearly all: A look at Assam deluge
Eight of Assam’s 27 metereological districts had deficit rainfall this monsoon, and yet, almost all are suffering from some level of flooding
Kashmir: After floods, focus shifts to relief
With crops lost to floods and the government continuing to work at a slow pace, several believe that the worst is yet to come
Libya dam collapse: Engineering expert raises questions about management
Dam failure in Libya could have been prevented ifengineers on site had released water from the reservoir once the storm started
It’ll take Assam 943 years to protect itself from floods at current pace of adaptation measures
Flood-prone Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya will need 966, 935 & 996 years respectively
Urbanisation to blame for Chennai’s flood woes, integrated system need of the hour: Report
If timely measures to put in place a flood management system are not taken, Chennai could see a rerun of 2015 floods, says Tamil Nadu government
As floodwater recedes, disease risks to be a worry for Maharashtra
Unhygienic and unsanitary conditions could lead to multiple disease outbreaks, affecting health of residents in Maharashtra’s flood-hit areas
Himachal Pradesh: Floods hit 16th state this monsoon, to impact crop yield
The hill state got 15 times its normal rainfall on Sunday owing to a depression settled over west MP and east Rajasthan
Moody monsoon floods Bihar, Northeast, keeps rest of India dry
The erratic nature of the monsoon coupled with the faulty methodology of presenting rainfall statistics are misleading people
Making profits for the West
While western investors are lining their pockets with Papua New Guinea's rich natural resources, all the government is getting in return is a …
The boat people
Thousands of people in Bihar are trapped between the Kosi and its embankments. They have been suffering for decades. But the state government is …
Dark arena
The people of Kalahandi may have survived droughts and floods. But they see little hope in their battle against exploitation
Dam disaster drowns Rajasthan village
A dam, constructed to supply drinking water to residents of parched Malsisar village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, broke, causing flood in …
State of india’s urban water bodies (e-book)
The book shows the problem of urban floods with real examples and how almost all the urban centres in the country are at the risk of floods today.
Here is what Assam can do to prevent floods
It can strengthen embankments, dredge rivers, address river erosion and take wise policy decisions
Climate change, poor planning: Why Assam’s floods are getting worse
The current spate of floods in Assam claimed 71 lives and affected nearly 3.2 million people in 32 districts
Has Kerala learnt anything from extreme weather? Apparently not, say experts
As extreme weather kills 26 and makes several homeless in Kerala, experts urge climate literacy