Page 27 - Natural Disasters

Himachal Pradesh: 10 dead, 13 rescued as landslide hits Kinnaur

Earlier, a police officer in Bhawanagar said around 25 to 30 were trapped under the rubble.

4 dead, over 50 feared buried in massive landslide in Himachal's Kinnaur

The landslide occurred at around 11.50 am in Chaura village in Kinnaur, the officials said.

Kinnaur: Himachal CM says over 50 trapped in landslide; rescue ops underway

9 people rescued so far; NDRF, ITBP, CISF, police teams present at the spot

Maharashtra: 73 bodies recovered, 47 people missing following landslides

The Krishna river in Sangli and Panchganga in Kolhapur are in flood though the rains were reported to have subsided on Saturday.

Global supply chains buckle as virus variant and disasters strike

Events have conspired to drive global supply chains towards breaking point, threatening the fragile flow of raw materials, parts and consumer goods

World Bank board approves $125 million support program to Kerala

This is to help the state's preparedness against natural disasters, climate change impacts, disease outbreaks and pandemics.

Torrential rains batter Sri Lanka; six people die, five others missing

Weather officials said above 10 centimetres of rains is expected on Sunday.

Meet Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a 'good boy' in the Centre's bad books

Bandyopadhyay was recently in the midst of a political storm. At the heart of the controversy is a review meeting by PM Modi for which Bandyopadhyay and CM Mamata Banerjee arrived late

Mamata meets PM Modi, submits report on damages caused by cyclone 'Yaas'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday met Prime Minister Naredra Modi at Kalaikunda in Paschim Medinipur district, and submitted a preliminary report on the damages caused by cyclone 'Yaas' in the state, a senior official said.

CM Mamata conducts aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in North 24 Parganas district, officials said

Will hold review meeting on cyclone devastation with PM Modi, says Mamata

Modi is slated to visit Bengal on Friday

India faced 117 cyclones from 1970-2019, over 40,000 lives lost: Study

The mortality rate due to tropical cyclones has come down significantly over the past 10 years: Study

800,000 affected due to cyclone in J'khand, rescue operations underway

Cyclone Yaas barrelled through the state early on Thursday

Will Cyclone Yaas be more severe than Tauktae? All the key updates & highlights

A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Yaas' and is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts on May 26 after turning into a very severe cyclonic storm, according to the India Meteorological Department. Watch this video for all the key updates and highlights

Quake rattles Nepal, dozens of houses flattened; injuries reported

A 5.8-magnitute earthquake struck Nepal's central Lamjung district on Wednesday, injuring at least six persons and damaging dozens of houses, officials said

Of world's 100 cities at greatest environmental risk, India has 43: Report

1.5 billion people live in 414 cities that are at high risk from pollution, water shortages, extreme heat, and the impacts of climate change.

In second term as Kerala CM, Pinarayi Vijayan stares at a Rs 3-trn debt

The state has negotiated a series of crises in the form of natural disasters to the Covid pandemic with a great amount of resilience since 2017

Thousands of houses still submerged in Indonesia's East Jawa province

Thousands of houses still remain submerged by floods in Indonesia's East Java province, but the waters have been receding and a number of evacuees returned home

Sandstorm causes severe air pollution, traffic disruptions in Beijing

A strong sandstorm in the Chinese capital led to major traffic disruptions in the city on Monday morning

Coalition on resilient infra to meet amid Covid challenge in disaster mgmt

CDRI has 22 member countries and 6 international organisations of which four are multilateral agencies and two private sector networks