MIHIR R BHATT, honorary director of the Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad, spoke to Down To Earth about the lessons unlearnt from several natural disasters that have taken place in India. The problem lies within our sys

The United Nations has decided to prepare a US $50-million action plan for the cyclone-affected areas of Orissa. A grade 5 cyclone hit the state on October 29. The super-cyclone ravaged numerous

A super cyclone has left Orissa shattered and blown away India s claims of managing itself during a natural disaster

A deadly cyclone causes large scale devastation in Orissa. Authorities fail on all counts

Hurricane Mitch leaves Nicaragua and Honduras devastated, and over 10, 000 dead

• Hurricane Mitch dumped as much as 65 cm of rainfall in a single day. • Thousands of landmines, laid during the nations' civil wars, have been scattered all over by floods and

even as insat -1 b continues to send data on weather situation, the people of the villages in the border districts of West Bengal and Orrisa were caught unawares at 3 pm on March 24 ,

At least 61 people were killed and thousands of establishments destroyed when a cyclonic storm hit southern coastal area in Bangladesh recently. According to relief officials, nearly 10 lakh

Tropical cyclones will become more fierce over the next few decades as a It of global warming. But mes are unlikely to become frequent or spread beyond tropics, according to a report prepared

ONCE again, the nation's lack of preparedness and poor disaster management have been exposed. A severe cyclonic storm travelling at a speed of 180 kmph ravaged the coastal districts of East and West