Page 8 - Natural Disasters

Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude on Richter hits Himachal Pradesh's Manali

The National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed that the earthquake took place at a depth of 10 kilometres and 108 kilometres North-North-West of Manali.

Hurricane Ida aftermath delivers deadly lesson on climate change

New York City and its suburbs, which rebuilt power grids, subways and tunnels after 2012's Hurricane Sandy flooded lower Manhattan, again saw similar scenes

Death toll from remnants of Hurricane Ida mounts to 46 in United States

Officials said many people were unaccounted for.

Biden approves emergency in Mississippi as hurricane Ida approaches

Hurricane Ida is expected to strike the Louisiana coast west of New Orleans as a Category 4 storm on Sunday.

Himachal landslide: 3 more bodies found, death toll climbs to 28

With the recovery of three more bodies on Tuesday, the death toll in the landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district climbed to 28, a senior official said.

Hopes for quake survivors dwindle as tropical storm Grace lashes Haiti

The latest disaster comes just over a month after Haiti was plunged into political turmoil by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7.

ISRO's Earth Observation satellite scheduled for launch on Thursday

ISRO's Earth Observation satellite (EOS-03), scheduled for launch on Thursday morning, will help in quick monitoring of natural disasters, Union minister Jitendra Singh said

Himachal Pradesh: 10 dead, 13 rescued as landslide hits Kinnaur

Earlier, a police officer in Bhawanagar said around 25 to 30 were trapped under the rubble.

4 dead, over 50 feared buried in massive landslide in Himachal's Kinnaur

The landslide occurred at around 11.50 am in Chaura village in Kinnaur, the officials said.

Kinnaur: Himachal CM says over 50 trapped in landslide; rescue ops underway

9 people rescued so far; NDRF, ITBP, CISF, police teams present at the spot

Maharashtra: 73 bodies recovered, 47 people missing following landslides

The Krishna river in Sangli and Panchganga in Kolhapur are in flood though the rains were reported to have subsided on Saturday.

Global supply chains buckle as virus variant and disasters strike

Events have conspired to drive global supply chains towards breaking point, threatening the fragile flow of raw materials, parts and consumer goods

World Bank board approves $125 million support program to Kerala

This is to help the state's preparedness against natural disasters, climate change impacts, disease outbreaks and pandemics.

Torrential rains batter Sri Lanka; six people die, five others missing

Weather officials said above 10 centimetres of rains is expected on Sunday.

Meet Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a 'good boy' in the Centre's bad books

Bandyopadhyay was recently in the midst of a political storm. At the heart of the controversy is a review meeting by PM Modi for which Bandyopadhyay and CM Mamata Banerjee arrived late

Mamata meets PM Modi, submits report on damages caused by cyclone 'Yaas'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday met Prime Minister Naredra Modi at Kalaikunda in Paschim Medinipur district, and submitted a preliminary report on the damages caused by cyclone 'Yaas' in the state, a senior official said.

CM Mamata conducts aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in North 24 Parganas district, officials said

Will hold review meeting on cyclone devastation with PM Modi, says Mamata

Modi is slated to visit Bengal on Friday

India faced 117 cyclones from 1970-2019, over 40,000 lives lost: Study

The mortality rate due to tropical cyclones has come down significantly over the past 10 years: Study

800,000 affected due to cyclone in J'khand, rescue operations underway

Cyclone Yaas barrelled through the state early on Thursday