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Global natural disasters cause $ 320 bn of economic losses, $140 bn of insurance claims in 2024 : Munich Re
Weather catastrophes were responsible for 93% of overall losses and...
Powerful Tibet earthquake near Nepal kills at least 96
The quake hit at 9:05 a.m. (0105 GMT), with its epicentre located...
26.66 million people affected by floods in 2020; 1,365 lives lost: Union minister Shekhawat
Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said Rs 21,190 crore of total damage of crops, houses and public utilities has been recorded in 2020 New Delhi: As many as 26.66 million people were affected by floods in the country...
Britain swelters on its hottest day ever as temperatures hit 40C
Stephen Belcher at the Met Office said he had not expected to see such temperatures in Britain in his career "Research conducted here at the Met Office has demonstrated that it's virtually impossible for the UK to experience 40C in an undisrupted climate but climate...
‘Gloomy’ information suggests ‘foreign hand’ behind cloudburst: KCR
K Chandrashekhar Rao,Chief Minister,Telangana ''A new method called cloudburst has come. They say there are conspiracies around it. We don’t know how far it is true. Some foreign countries are deliberately doing cloudbursts in our country. Earlier, they did it in Leh...
Punjab CM gives nod to state disaster mitigation fund
Bhagwant Mann,Chief Minister,Punjab The chief minister said a total sum of Rs 729.60 crore will be available in the SDMF from 2021 to 2026, which will be instrumental in further augmenting the preparedness of the state for any sort of natural disaster Chandigarh:...
Garuda Aerospace to assist NDRF in flood affected Gujarat, AP
The drones would be deployed to deliver food and necessary medicines to people affected by the floods in Vadodara (Gujarat) and in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Chennai: Drone start-up Garuda Aerospace has offered its assistance to National Disaster Response Force in...
Centre declared Assam floods as ‘severe natural calamity’, providing funds for relief: Himanta
Assam has witnessed two waves of floods since April 6, with the second having been devastating, affecting 90 lakh people or one-third of the state's population, while 195 people have lost their lives and 37 people are still missing Guwahati: Centre has declared this...
Godavari turns ferocious, record flood expected in next 3 days
`As per the information available right now, the flood flow may touch 20 lakh cusecs by Friday evening and go further up the next day. We have been asked to prepare for a flood of up to 28 lakh cusecs,'' a district Collector told PTI over phone Amaravati: Andhra...
76 dead in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra so far this monsoon: Report
Officials had said on Saturday that at least 130 villages in three districts of the state, all in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions, have been affected by heavy rains that caused floods in parts of these districts and at least 200 people were evacuated. Mumbai:...
Geologists allay fears over tremors, say Deccan Plateau is safe zone
Incidentally, the seismic activities became more visible soon after a major earthquake in Afghanistan, which killed several people and left many injured. But, the geologists in Karnataka were unanimous in saying there was no need to panic as the Deccan Plateau is a...
Flooding affects 7.2mn people in Bangladesh: UN
According to the statement, the Bangladeshi government has evacuated over 472,000 people to some 1,605 shelters Dhaka: An estimated 7.2 million people have been severely affected in Bangladesh following devastating flash floods which began in May with a second wave...