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Spain approves €10.6 billion relief package for flood victims
The package includes direct aid for households, self-employed...
Deadly Spain floods show difficulty of adapting to intense rains
An extremely hot Mediterranean and warmer air temperatures...
Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India
Heavy showers followed by landslides and flooding in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh over the past three days killed at least 36 people, a state government official told Reuters. In the neighbouring mountainous state of Uttarakhand, an official government...
Assam Flood: Govt to start rebuilding infrastructure from September
"We will disburse an amount of Rs 119.10 crores as flood rehabilitation fund through direct benefit transfer to those affected. Till now, 180 people across 34 districts have lost their lives due to floods and 19 people have died in landslides," he added "Nearly 80 per...
Earthquake of 5.2 magnitude hits Lucknow
"Earthquake of magnitude:5.2 occurred on 20-08-2022, 01:12:47 IST, Lat: 28.07 and Long: 81.25, Depth: 82 Km, Location: 139 km NNE of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh," tweeted the National Center for Seismology Lucnow: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale hit the...
Climate risks make Australian home insurance costlier
On average, Australians living in high-risk areas like northern Queensland pay A$3,000 ($2,100) in annual premiums, or double that of residents in the rest of the country, an Actuaries Institute report released on Wednesday showed. Australia’s mounting extreme weather...
Full-scale nuclear war could kill 5 billion people, shows new study
Even a relatively small-scale conflict would have devastating consequences for global food production. A localized battle between India and Pakistan would see crop yields decline by an estimated 7% within five years, the study suggested, while a US-Russia war would...
Biden admin announces $3 billion in FEMA climate resilience funding
The White House said in April that the upper range of climate change’s hit to the U.S. budget by the end of the century could total a 7.1% annual revenue loss, equal to $2 trillion a year in today’s dollars The Biden administration on Friday announced it is putting...
France battles ‘monster’ wildfire near Bordeaux for third day
France is in the grip of its worst drought on record, with a fourth heatwave of the summer sweeping across the country this week. More than 57,200 hectares have gone up in flames so far in France this year, nearly six times the full-year average for 2006-2021, data...
River Godavari crosses first danger level in AP, 5 districts face flood threat
''We have issued the first warning signal at Dowaleswaram. We have accordingly alerted the officials of the districts along the river course to take required precautionary measures,'' State Disaster Management Authority Managing Director B R Ambedkar said Amaravati:...
Climate change making prediction difficult for weather agencies across world: IMD DG
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra,IMD, Director General The IMD is providing forecasts for 1,096 cities and towns, up from 350 stations in 2019. On climate change increasing the fragility of the Himalayas, he said, ''Climate change is a fact and we need to plan all our activities...
Take prompt action to prevent disasters during monsoons: Kerala HC to state govt
The high court said, ''Torrential rains in the state of Kerala cause disaster in many places due to landslides, denudation of water etc. There are damages to the property of people residing in poramboke lands, colonies, hillslopes, isolated locations, plantation...