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Floridians flee looming catastrophe as Hurricane Milton approaches
The storm was on a collision course for the Tampa Bay metropolitan...
10 people killed in flashfloods triggered by heavy rain in Meghalaya
Incessant rainfall has triggered landslides in Gasuapara region of...
5 million people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021
The annual Global Trends Report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) highlighted that globally 100 million people were forced to flee their homes last year due to violence, human rights abuses, food insecurity, the climate crisis, war in Ukraine and other emergencies from...
Odisha CM directs state admin to be prepared for natural disasters
Naveen Patnaik chief minister,,Odisha Citing the huge number of natural calamities between June and October, the chief minister said that the period is important and there is a need to strengthen preparations as many natural calamities such as floods, storms and...
Assam floods: 54 deaths reported so far, over 18 lakh people affected
The flood waters have submerged 43338.39 hectares of cropland in the flood-hit districts As many as nine more persons died in Assam due to the flood, taking the overall death toll to 54, according to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Friday. As many...
5 NDRF units, Army columns, Navy, Coast Guard teams part of BMC plan to tackle monsoon
The civic body had held meetings with officials handling major infrastructural projects like metro rail and coastal road construction works to ensure channels carrying rain water are clear and do not have blockages, BMC additional commissioner P. Velrasu said Mumbai:...
‘NDRF is in constant touch with all state govts to deal with flood situation’
A large area in India is prone to floods in which the Ganga and the Brahmaputra are the main flood basins. Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are the most flood-prone states Earlier, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, also directed the officials to make the...
US P/C insurer capital sufficient to withstand Hurricane Season
Capital strength provides insurers with an ability to withstand losses from large adverse events, including catastrophes. Industry policyholders’ surplus (PHS) increased by 40% over the last three years and now exceeds $1 trillion The June/July mid-year 2022...
World not spending enough to avert disasters as global calamities rise: UN
Developing nations bear the brunt of losses from disasters at 1% of gross domestic product a year, threatening to undo their hard-earned economic gains. That figure comes down to just 0.1%-0.3% for developed countries UN News: Nations are spending too little to...
Supecyclones may have much more devastating impact in India in future: Study
The study, published in the journal Climate Resilience and Sustainability, showed that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, more than two and a half times (250 percent) of India's population would experience flooding of greater than one meter,...
NOAA predicts above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The increased activity anticipated this hurricane season is attributed to several climate factors, including the ongoing La Niña that is likely to persist throughout the hurricane season, warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean...
Moving to ‘preparedness for recovery’ key to tackle climate change impact: PK Mishra
P K Mishra,Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ''In India, for the first time, in the country's disaster risk management financing architectures, we have created a specific window for financing reconstruction and recovery, with USD 7.5 billion over five years,''...