Twin Crises Of Heat & Floods Expose Neglect
Rains over the weekend brought some relief from a sweltering heatwave to northern India, but…
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Climate Change Is Making Floods Worse Too
Super cyclones, known as hurricanes or typhoons in different parts of the world, are among…
How To Survive A Heatwave
On colour-coded temperature charts, the Indian subcontinent is currently a sickly mauve. An unusually intense…
Assam: Despite Repeated Disasters, Many Have No Desire To Migrate
Habidul Islam plans to never move away again from the place where he grew up….
The River In North India Being Hollowed Out For Concrete
It was around 5 AM on 19 October 2021, dark, drizzling and cold in the…
Bihar: Women, Floods And Increasing Violence
After devastating floods struck the northeastern Indian state of Bihar in August 2017, the country’s…
Climate Change & Disasters On The Third Pole
In many ways, 2021 marked a new threshold for climate change-related disasters. Global headlines were…
MPs Make A Start In Understanding Rivers
The Indian Parliamentary Standing Committee report on water resources released on 3 August looks at…
In Assam, Village Committees Lead The Way During Floods
Over the past three decades, the severity of both droughts and floods has increased in…
Stilt Houses Help People Withstand Floods In Assam
Ratan Pathuri watches floodwater swirl below his veranda. The swollen Dhansiri River has inundated Pathuri’s…
Heavy Rains Unleash Havoc In West, South India
A total of 129 people have died in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra in 48 hours,…
Europe Floods: Search For Missing Goes On As Toll Tops 90
The death toll from devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium rose above…
Bihar Farmers Protest Flood Embankments To Save Livelihoods
Days before the monsoon hits the eastern Indian state of Bihar, farmers wait for rains…
Clear Impact Of Climate Change In Uttarakhand Disaster
Under the weight of a suspected avalanche, a massive chunk of ice and frozen mud…
Floods In Western, Southern India Kill 40, Damage Crops
Floods brought by heavy rains and overflowing rivers across large swathes of western and southern…
Floods, Covid-19 Hobble 2 Of India’s Poorest States
Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in two of India’s poorest states have displaced or…
Floods Kill Scores In Assam, 9 Rhinos Drown
Intense rain and floods in Assam have killed at least 84 people and displaced more…
Death Toll From Floods Rises To 95, Hundreds Of Thousands Evacuated
The death toll from floods in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 95, official figures…