Wayanad landslides should serve as a catalyst for change, prompting a re-evaluation of our developmental priorities and a commitment to building a more resilient and sustainable future.
Scientists have ample evidence of GLOF events unleashing megafloods. The Sikkim flash flood happened after decades of warnings about exactly such an occurrence.
Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floods crested across the south after the destruction of the dam, with Russia and Ukraine trading blame for the disaster.
Technology is essential to disaster relief efforts, but what marks out the Türkiye-Syria situation is the scale of open-source websites, AI and social media usage.
Deependra Garain opened the doors of his restaurant and hotels in the city of Nevşehir in Cappadocia to over 30 civilians, including many women and children.
Two large developmental projects that lie close to Joshimath have come under the lens — the NTPC thermal power project and Char Dham road widening work.
More than 90 people were caught in the landslide and 59 have been found safe. The calamity struck early Friday morning from a height of roughly 30 metres above the campsite.
If extremely heavy rainfall can cause such damage without a rare event like a cloudburst, it should leave the system working toward India’s disaster preparedness thinking.
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.
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