Cyclonic storm ‘Pawan’ weakens
The cyclonic storm has reduced to deep depression and moved over Southwest Arabian Sea with a speed of 26 kmph crossing Somalia coast
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J&K Highway Reopened after Landslides
After a massive landslide in Ramban on Jammu Srinagar, the 270 km stretch of Jammu –Srinagar National Highway was closed for vehicular traffic on Thursday which stranded more than 100 vehicles . However after 15 hours of effort , the highway has been again reopened on Friday
Bush Fire Impact in Sydney
The severe impact of bush fire that had started in October 2019 from New South Wales has extended further and engulfed Sydney with thick smoke leaving the people to breath poisonous air. The city of Sydney has converted into gas chamber after the air quality dropped to hazardous level
Hyderabad: 16 injured after Express, local train collide at Kacheguda; efforts on to rescue trapped driver
In a fatal accident, two trains collided at the Kacheguda station in Telangana’s Hyderabad. Sixteen people have been injured in the accident so far, including a driver who was trapped in his badly mangled cabin for eight hours. The incident occurred when an MMTS train and an express train had a head-on collision between Kacheguda- […]
Odisha: Situation Report On Impact Of Bulbul
In the aftermath of tropical cyclone Bulbul, five districts of Odisha – Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak Balasore and Mayurbhanj have been affected. Jajpur is also affected to some extent, a report released by the office of Special Relief Commissioner on Sunday stated. No human casualties have reported but 11 large animals, 5 small animals and 50 […]
Odisha govt organises mini marathon to create awareness about disaster management
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Oct 29 (ANI): Odisha State Disaster Management Authority in collaboration with the Department of Sports and Youth Services on Tuesday organised a mini-marathon to create awareness on disaster reduction and disaster management among the masses. Each year, the state government organises such events to remind people about the 1999 Odisha cyclone which […]
Explained: Wildfires peaked in August, half were in Asia
Compared to August 2018, there were almost five times as many wildfires across the world in August 2019, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced citing data from its Sentinel-3 World Fire Atlas. August and September 2019 were also the months during which fires in the Amazon rainforest were at the centre of worldwide attention. […]
Rescue 1122 begins final exercise for international accreditation
LAHORE: Rescue 1122’s final exercise for obtaining accreditation from the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) begun on Tuesday morning. The 36 hour-long exercise will conclude on Wednesday (today). At least 10 international experts have been called in to monitor and evaluate the exercise. During the simulation, the rescue team has only 36 hours to […]
Warning Of “Heavy Rain” In Maharashtra From Wednesday For Cyclone “Maha”
Maharashtra government has issued ”heavy rain” warning starting November 6 (Representational) Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government has issued heavy rain and thundershowers warning for north Konkan and north-central part of the state from November 6-8 due to cyclone ”Maha”. Fishermen have been asked to return to the shores and all the district administrations have been asked […]