Two major floods wiped out several medieval Indian dynasties: Study

KOLKATA: Two major floods caused by monsoon pattern anomalies, which inundated large parts of the subcontinent approximately 800 and 700…

5 years ago

Kerala working towards developing Design Policy to promote sustainable infrastructure: CM

KOCHI: Kerala is working towards developing a Design Policy for promoting sustainable infrastructure that employs innovative designs for habitats and…

5 years ago

Strong quake causes damage, injuries in southern Philippines

A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Mindanao on Dec 15, 2019, causing water in a swimming pool to splash about and…

5 years ago

Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive, time-consuming and wasteful

The most destructive and costliest wildfire in California’s history, the Camp Fire, killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 19,000 structures…

5 years ago

Why do Earthquakes continue to Kill More in the Developing World?

Source(s): Global Policy Journal Date: 14-12-2019 By Abdur Rehman Cheema - 09 December 2019 Earthquakes continue to be the deadliest…

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Conserving Floodplains to Mitigate Future Flood Risk

This year was the wettest year on record in the conterminous United States. Flooding was widespread and destructive as rivers…

5 years ago

Another Series of Earthquakes in Palghar

DNV Desk (14-12-2019): A series of mild earthquake tremors ranging in magnitudes from 1.9 (Richter Scale) to 3.7 have again…

5 years ago

Flooding in Trinidad and Tobago due to heavy Rainfall

Floods in Penal, South Trinidad, December 2019. Photo: PDRC Days of heavy rain flooding reported  in parts of Trinidad. Flooding…

5 years ago

Climate change at door but Hyderabad deaf to knock

HYDERABAD: The city is dire need of an improvement in infrastructure to handle the onslaught of climate change, according to…

5 years ago

1st International Conference on Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience 2019 at The Hotel Ashok, New Delhi, 28th November 2019

The 1st International Conference on Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience was organised by National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of…

5 years ago

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