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Run-up to COP27: Mozambique braces for more extreme weather events as rainy season begins

Mozambique was devastated by 3 tropical cyclones earlier this year

Uttarakhand's displaced

Unfortunately named

Kerala lacks a flood warning system: Government official

Run-up to COP27: ­Zimbabweans count loss and damage as climate change hits country hard

Frequency of droughts has also increased to about 1 in 3 years from 1 per decade 

Tamil Nadu’s COVID-19 relief scheme is well-intentioned, but can be more efficient

The cash benefit can be directly credited into the bank account of the card-holders

Cyclone Amphan hit 100,000 ha farmland: Odisha minister

Farmers rue crop loss, blame state for insufficient insurance policy

Heavy rain causes flood in Assam; over 150,000 people affected

The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in the coming days

Furious floods

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Odisha’s Kandhamal evacuates people amid flood threat

Vamsadhara river at Kasinagar and the Baitarani at Rajghat breach danger levels

Flood warnings that don’t break the banks

Global number of weather disasters has increased by five times over the last 50 years

The importance of good-neighbourliness

Wreaking havoc

Days after Cyclone Amphan, Odisha districts still in darkness

State official said some roads may take two months to be repaired

Assam floods: More people affected now than ever but state allocation for control dipped

Over 300,000 people shifted to relief camps in last 2 months

Drought in Bikaner: Cattle die of starvation, fodder costlier by over 150%

West Rajasthan stares at drought, records rainfall deficit of 24% till September 7

6.8 M earthquake hits Myanmar, tremors in east India

No life loss has been reported in India yet

Kaziranga nightmare

Water, water

Battle lines are drawn as drought proofing remains a distant dream

A day after Cyclone Yaas, signs of destruction in Odisha

3 people died in the state; restoration work starts in affected districts

Disaster insurance gains traction in East Africa as small-scale farmers in Kenya receive flood compensation

300 households in Kenya’s Tana River receive over $90,000 as compensation

COVID-19 stimulus: Coal auctioning move along the lines of January ordinance

The Centre had relaxed norms required for mining and sale of coal in January 2020