Himalayan glaciers, source of water for the innumerable rivers that flow across the Indo-Gangetic plains, are receding. And that too at a phenomenal rate. As they continue to recede, incidents of landslides, changes in river regimes and floods will increa
Torrential rains killed at least 15 people and displaced more than 100,000 families in the low-lying areas in four provinces in the southern Mindanao island of the Philippines. According to the
Rising water levels in dams in the northern parts of South Africa have sparked fears of floods after heavy rainfall in the area. With the weather bureau forecasting further rains during the rest of
The people of China are hoping that last summers flood, the worst since 1954 in the Yangtze River, will be a warning to the authorities that they can no longer take the environment for granted (
In the present study, the temporal patterns of monsoon floods on five large rivers of the Deccan Peninsula have been investigated. Analyses of the long-term annual maximum discharge/state data, available for the last 100 years or so, show non-random behaviour in terms of distinct periods of high and low floods.
Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under relief measure are not as nutritionally sound as they ought to be
Several river protection councils in Kerala have joined hands to fight the grave dangers threatening rivers in the state. Named the All Kerala River Protection Council (IKRPC), the organisation
The 5,462 km-long Yellow River, also known as 'China's sorrow', for its disastrous floods over the centuries, is drying up. The second largest river of the country, Hwang Ho has become the victim of