About 30-40 persons who were stuck in the middle of a river were rescued by the district administration About 30-40 persons who were stuck in the middle of a river were rescued by the district administration Eight persons died in a flash flood during immersion of Durga Puja idols at Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal … Read more
At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country’s recent history, officials said. In the neighbouring Indian state of Assam, at least 17 people were killed during the wave … Read more
ssam’s flood situation continued to improve as the affected population decreased to around 68,000 on Saturday, an official bulletin said. With no new deaths reported, the toll in this year’s flood and landslides remained at 38. No major river in the state is currently flowing over the danger level, the bulletin said. The Assam State … Read more
According to an Oxfam report, climate-related disasters tripled in 30 years. (File) The COP26 climate change summit begins in Glasgow, Scotland, with leaders and delegates from 200 countries debating how to cut emissions by 2030. With an exponential rise in global warming due to fossil fuel emissions, scientists have called for urgent action to avoid … Read more
Where COVID-19 has precipitated unprecedented debts, climate change could trigger defaults across a planet which a United Nations panel says is dangerously close to runaway warming. To avert disaster, countries are committing to carbon cutting steps. But these will be costly and likely to add to a global debt pile which asset manager Janus Henderson … Read more
Hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heatwaves and pollution, according to a report Wednesday that said this could put 400 million people at risk across the world. Fast-expanding urban areas are home to more than half the population of the planet and are increasingly exposed to … Read more
At least 49 families were hit on Flores, in the east of Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago, Raditya Jati, a BNPB spokesman said in a statement. “Dozens of houses were buried in mud in Lamanele village… residents’ houses washed away by the flood,” Raditya said, referring to the eastern part of Flores. On Adonara island to the … Read more
Heavy rains returned to Hyderabad Saturday night after Tuesday’s downpour triggered flash floods in the city. Rains had abated since Wednesday with the flood water receding in most parts of Hyderbad but a fresh spell of overnight incessant rains caused flooding on Sunday in parts of the city. Saturday night’s downpour resulted in more flooding … Read more
‘Softly Dies a Lake’ can be inevitably linked to India’s ecology mantra – everything is connected – and is undoubtedly a wake up call for lovers of Nature, clean air and literature. What happens during a devastating flood? Not headlines that scream for attention! Empty bellies and starvation in homes that dot many villages remains … Read more
At least 50 miners died after flooding at an unregulated gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said, adding to the deadly tally of recent accidents at illegal and small-scale mines around the developing world. The mainly young victims were working at a large, unregulated mine in the east of the country Friday … Read more