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IMD DG Mohapatra receives UN’s Sasakawa Award-2025 for Disaster Risk Reduction
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of Meteorology, India...
Strengthening early warning systems and coordination crucial for disaster resilience: PM Modi
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Prime Minister Modi underscored that...
Climate change makes forecasting harder, says Australia’s agriculture minister
“Climate change is having an impact. The models that we’ve traditionally used are having to change because the climate is changing. That’s something that I know the Bureau is working hard on, but unfortunately, the reality is that climate change means that we are...
ECB cyber stress test not to affect capital requirements
The exercise will assess how banks respond to and recover from a cyberattack, rather than their ability to prevent it. As part of the exercise, 28 banks will undergo an “enhanced” assessment, under which they will have to submit additional information on how they...
Japan earthquake casts cloud over push to restart nuclear plants
Nuclear power plants dot the coast of mountainous Japan, which is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis due to its location on the seismically active “Ring of Fire” around the Pacific Ocean The powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day has...
APAC sovereigns exposed to flooding risks, have limited capacity to adapt: Fitch
In South Asia, Bangladesh is the most prone to the risk of flooding. The materialisation of climate risks in these regions could lead to high economic losses. The cost of relocation from flood-prone areas and rebuilding following floods could be high, leading to...
Bengal govt fears flash-floods in Sikkim changed Teesta River’s trajectory in north Bengal
Apprehending that this frequent change in trajectory might impact the economic structure of the hills and plains of north Bengal to a great extent in the coming days, the irrigation department has decided to conduct a thorough “morphology survey” of the river Kolkata:...
Japan issued tsunami alerts after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan
A tsunami of about 3 metres high was expected to hit Niigata and other prefectures on the western coast of Japan. Smaller tsunami waves were already confirmed to have reached the coastline, according to NHK.The area includes a nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co.,...
Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages
The decision is among the four rulings that apparently came in line with the June 2022 Supreme Court decision that said the government wasn't liable for the disaster and that the disaster from a tsunami that high wasn't foreseeable or preventable A Tokyo court has...
More people are affected by tropical cyclones in Asia than any other region
The study estimates that 6 to 12 per cent of the global population is exposed to tropical cyclones each year, with a large portion of exposure occurring at lower wind velocities The number of people globally impacted by tropical cyclones has nearly doubled from 2002...
Special camps to be organised in TN’s 4 districts to settle insurance claims once flood water recedes: FM
As many as 31 people have lost their lives in the four districts while a total of 73,574 hectares of agriculture crop area and 35,796 hectares of horticulture area have been affected due to heavy rainfall during December 16-19 Chennai: Finance Minister Nirmala...
India boosts AI in weather forecasts as floods, droughts increase
The India Meteorological Department expects the AI-based climate models and advisories it is developing to help improve forecasts.The weather office has used AI to generate public alerts regarding heatwaves and such diseases as malaria.It plans to increase weather...