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

local governments in Japan have voiced concern over their own vulnerability to quakes. Experts say that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale could strike at any time along

the Turkish government has placed the town of Golcuk in quarantine to guard against the spread of diseases following the devastating earthquake in the

The Union government, the Geophysical Research Institute and the meteorological department along with six other departments have been issued notices by the Delhi high court on a petition seeking

The Kosi river Bihar s sorrow floods every year. But embankments built to control the floods have, in turn, made life miserable for the thousands of poor people living along the river s banks

Torrential rains in central Korea have killed 42 people and injured 94 in the Kaesong area alone, according to official figures. Also, 581 houses were submerged or destroyed, leaving 2,905

Meteorologists have warned that the current drought in Uganda is likely to worsen in the coming months and called on the government to formulate

Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large scale destruction, Bihar is the worst affected

According to environmentalists in Pakistan, there is no disaster management plan for the 149,837 fisherfolk families settled along the

A breach in the Bhakra Nangal dam in Punjab inundates more than 1,215 hectares of agricultural land

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