A new cyclone prediction model will indicate the severity of a cyclone at least 12 hours in advance

The human cost of the cyclone in Orissa is very high. So is the cost of the damage to the environment. The failure of the state machinery in handling this crisis is only going to make matters worse. At present, chaos reigns supreme in the affected areas

Siltation, deforestation and now the cyclone. It s bad times for Chilika, Asia s largest brackish water lake

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

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

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