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Zurich Resilience Solutions and GoImpact Capital Partners forge strategic alliance for APAC climate resilience
Initially targeting businesses in Hong Kong, Singapore, and...
Vanuatu urges World Court to recognise climate change harms
Vanuatu, one of the small island states that has spearheaded the...
Assam floods: 3 dead, nearly 25,000 people in 94 villages affected
According to the flood reports of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), till May 14, a total of 24,681 people in 94 villages in six districts - Cachar, Dhemaji, Hojai, Karbi Anglong West, Nagaon and Kamrup (Metro) have been affected in the first spell of...
NDMA reviews preparations ahead of monsoon, plans NDRF deployment in flood-prone areas
Use of Damini App, Nowcast, as also various Google alerts for effective early warning dissemination was emphasised to achieve a target of zero mortality in the coming monsoon season, an official statement said New Delhi: The monsoon this year is likely to be normal...
World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation
From 1970 to 2019, weather, climate and water hazards, accounted for 50 per cent of disasters and 45 per cent of disaster-related deaths, mostly in developing countries. By 2030, an estimated 700 million people will be at risk of being displaced by drought.By 2040, an...
Cyclone Asani weakens as it approaches Andhra coast
According to the weather office, the cyclone could damage thatched huts, cause minor damage to power and communication lines, harm paddy and other standing crops in Krishna, East and West Godavari, and Vishakhapatnam districts of Andhra Pradesh, and Yanam in...
Cyclone Asani: Several flights delayed, cancelled due to bad weather
Visakhapatnam: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted rainfall and strong winds for three states; Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal Visakhapatnam International Airport director Srinivas said that IndiGo has cancelled 23 flights, both...
Severe cyclone Asani raging in Bay of Bengal,not to make landfall either in Odisha or Andhra Pradesh
The system will not make landfall either in Odisha or Andhra Pradesh, IMD Director-General Mrutunjay Mohaptra had said on Sunday. He said the cyclone will move parallel to the east coast and cause rainfall from Tuesday evening New Delhi: Asani, the severe cyclonic...
Aila, Amphan, Asani: How A Cyclone is Named?
Each tropical storm is given a name to avoid confusion, facilitating disaster risk awareness, management and mitigation Bhubaneswar: Every year, as a cyclone looms over a region, its name becomes a cause of intrigue for many, who wonder why and how is the storm...
Indian states ready with plans to mitigate heatwave impact, official says
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has categorised 23 of India's 28 states and some 100 cities and districts as being at risk of suffering extreme heat. Nineteen states have already made their own heat-action plans and some others are working on them,...
PM to chair review meeting on preparedness to deal with heatwave, monsoon season
Several parts of the country have logged all-time high temperatures under the impact of the torrid heatwave New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair here on Thursday an important review meeting on preparedness to deal with the heatwave affecting parts of the...
Heat wave scorches India’s wheat crop, snags export plans
The heat in March — the hottest in India since records first started being kept in 1901 — that stunted crops. Wheat is very sensitive to heat, especially during the final stage when its kernels mature and ripen Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said...