BARCELONA, Oct 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Disaster-prone developing nations, including Bangladesh and Indonesia, are exposed to crippling losses when storms, floods or earthquakes strike because they suffer from a…
Tropical cyclone Titli made landfall north of Mandasa, Andhra Pradesh, India on 11 October with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services warned of…
STOCKHOLM, Sept 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sand mining from rivers is depriving many low-lying Asian deltas of the sediment they need to maintain themselves, raising the risk of worsening…
Days of heavy rain from 05 September, 2018, caused flooding in several districts of Odisha in eastern India, affecting around 90,000 people. Special Relief Commissioner, Odisha said that at least…
Media call it the worst flood of the century in the region. After more than two weeks of relentless rain, Kerala, a state at the southern tip of India, known…
At least 19 people have died in flood-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh, India, since 01 September, 2018. According to India’s Disaster Management Division, nearly 300 villages in 12 districts have…
Flooding and landslides affected the state of Nagaland in India since late July, 2018. By early September 48,821 families in 538 villages of 11 districts had been affected. At least…
Waterlogged hillsides are dangerous. For those who live on them, or further downhill, they can be deadly. The global risk from landslides is rising, writes Tim Radford for Climate News…
NASA provided estimates monsoon rainfall that affected India from Aug. 13 to 20. The above average monsoon rains resulted in severe flooding in parts of India. Hardest hit was the…
As many as 324 people have lost their lives and over 300,000 have been displaced in Kerala, south west India. The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, said the state…
After a lull of two days, heavy rain has once again hit parts of Kerala, western India, causing further landslides and flooding. Local media reported 5 more fatalities between 14…
Heavy rain has continued to fall in northern India, this time causing flash floods and landslides in the Jammu and Kashmir. According to Press Trust of India, at least 4…
[ISLAMABAD] A wetter future awaits South Asia, says a new study based on global climate change models that informed the fifth assessment report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
At least 19 people have died in floods and landslides in the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India over the past few days. According to the Press Trust of…
At least 20 people have died in the state of Kerala in south west India after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides from 08 August, 2018. Chief Minister of Kerala,…
A fresh wave of flooding in the north east Indian state of Assam began on 02 August, 2018. This follows an earlier wave of flooding that began in June which…
