Page 9 - Natural Disasters

Will Cyclone Yaas be more severe than Tauktae? All the key updates & highlights

Quake rattles Nepal, dozens of houses flattened; injuries reported

A 5.8-magnitute earthquake struck Nepal's central Lamjung district on Wednesday, injuring at least six persons and damaging dozens of houses, officials said

Of world's 100 cities at greatest environmental risk, India has 43: Report

1.5 billion people live in 414 cities that are at high risk from pollution, water shortages, extreme heat, and the impacts of climate change.

In second term as Kerala CM, Pinarayi Vijayan stares at a Rs 3-trn debt

The state has negotiated a series of crises in the form of natural disasters to the Covid pandemic with a great amount of resilience since 2017

Thousands of houses still submerged in Indonesia's East Jawa province

Thousands of houses still remain submerged by floods in Indonesia's East Java province, but the waters have been receding and a number of evacuees returned home

Sandstorm causes severe air pollution, traffic disruptions in Beijing

A strong sandstorm in the Chinese capital led to major traffic disruptions in the city on Monday morning

Coalition on resilient infra to meet amid Covid challenge in disaster mgmt

CDRI has 22 member countries and 6 international organisations of which four are multilateral agencies and two private sector networks

Warning centre cancels Hawaii tsunami watch after huge Pacific quake

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre cancelled a tsunami watch Thursday for Hawaii that was issued after a huge earthquake occurred in a remote area between New Zealand and Tonga

Alert level raised after explosion at remote volcano on Alaska Peninsula

A small explosion was recorded Thursday at a remote volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, prompting officials to raise the alert level

U'khand disaster: 136 missing people 'presumed dead', says official

The flash flood in Chamoli district happened over two weeks ago

Thousands being evacuated amid floods in Indonesia's West Java

Thousands of residents are being evacuated on the outskirts of Indonesia's capital amid flooding

Uttarakhand floods: One more body recovered, death toll now at 62

One more body has been recovered from a flood-hit area in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district

U'khand floods: Rescue efforts hampered by water accumulation inside tunnel

Rescuers continued efforts on the 11th day to find survivors of the February 7 glacial disaster

31 of 58 bodies recovered in Uttarakhand glacier burst identified

All 11 bodies retrieved from Tapovan tunnel till now have been identified

Uttarakhand flash floods: Two more bodies recovered, death toll at 38

Two more bodies were recovered from the flash flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Friday, taking the toll in the calamity to 38

Death toll climbs to 31 in U'khand disaster, CM meets affected villagers

The operation to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a tunnel at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district continued

Uttarakhand rescue work gathers pace: At least 26 dead, over 190 missing

It may take a day or two before making way for rescuing the trapped people, said top government officials

Snowslide, not glacier burst, may have caused U'khand disaster: CM Rawat

Rawat said the calamity might have been caused by an 'abrupt sliding down' of millions of tonnes of snow from a hill

Uttarakhand disaster: 20 bodies recovered, 197 people still missing

Multiple agencies worked at rescuing over 30 workers feared trapped in a tunnel at a power project site

Rescue efforts intensify as toll in U'khand glacier disaster rises to 18

More than 200 people are still missing