Climate Refugees in South Asia Need Protection, Advocates Say
NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – People forced to leave their homes because of climate change in South Asia should get the same protections given to political refugees,…
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India – NASA Spots Tropical Cyclone Vardah’s Off-Center Strength
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured an image of Tropical Cyclone Vardah that showed strongest storms expanding west of the center. On Dec. 9 the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)…
Scientists Find Link Between Tropical Storms and Decline of River Deltas
Research by the University of Southampton shows that a change in the patterns of tropical storms is threatening the future of the Mekong River delta in Vietnam, indicating a similar…
Poor, Unprotected Nations Suffer Most Disaster Deaths
Of the 1.35 million people killed by natural hazards from 1996 to 2015, 90 percent died in low and middle-income countries, reports Megan Rowling for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. BARCELONA,…
Droughts and Floods: India’s Water Crises Demand More Than Grand Projects
India is facing one of its most serious droughts in recent memory – official estimates suggest that at least 330m people are likely to be affected by acute shortages of…
India – Assam Can Recover From Devastating Floods if the Government Gets Its Act Together
Heavy flooding affected more than a million people in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam between July and August 2016, with 45 dead and more than 200,000 in relief camps.…
India – Palsar Remote Sensing Enables Accurate Flood-mapping of Bihar State
In a floodlist article of 25 August, 2016, it was reported that the Bihar State disaster management department in India had estimated that the current floods had affected almost 3…
India – Floods in Andhra Pradesh Leave 17 Dead and Thousands Displaced
Recent floods in Andhra Pradesh have left at least 17 people dead, thousands displaced, and caused damage to around 50,000 hectares of crops. As with the neighbouring state of Telangana,…
India – 11 Dead in Telangana Floods, Dams Remain Dangerously High
At least 11 people have died after several days of flooding in the Indian state of Telangana. Parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam and Maharashtra states have also been affected…
World Tsunami Awareness Day, November 2016
After the harrowing impact of tsunamis on coastal areas around the Indian Ocean in December 2004 that killed up to 230,000 people, and on the Japanese coast in March 2011…
Flood Protection Options For Airports
In December 2014, a FloodList article highlighted flooding threats to a number of airports internationally. A Eurocontrol study in 2008 (“Challenges of growth” environmental update study, January 2009) identified some…
USA – Louisiana Floods to Cost US Economy $10 to $15 Billion Says AON Benfield
The devastating floods that hit Louisiana in August 2016 are expected to cost the US economy between US$10 billion and US$15 billion according to Aon Benfield’s latest Global Catastrophe Recap…
Living With Floods – Chaur Communities of the Teesta River
Bharat Lal Seth, the South Asia Program Coordinator at International Rivers, visited some of the river islands (known as chaurs) of the Teesta River. Below he reports on the lives…
India – Floods in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh Affect 4 Million, Ganges at Record Levels
The recent spate of floods in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have affected almost 4 million people, according to officials. The Ganges at Bhagalpur in Bihar and…
India – Floods in 5 States Leave At Least 35 Dead and Thousands Displaced
A period of heavy rain has caused deadly flooding in several states in India over the last few days. Currently the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya…
India – Deadly Floods Hit Rajasthan
Several days of heavy rain in the state of Rajasthan, India, between 06 and 10 August, 2016, has caused severe flooding in several cities and districts. Flooding has been reported…
