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Charities fear for children separated from parents in cyclone-hit Mozambique

Hundreds of children remain separated from their parents two months after a powerful cyclone battered Mozambique leaving them in limbo and at risk of abuse or being trafficked into slavery, chariti

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Children, Cyclones, Mozambique, Africa, Health, Floods
Forests

Green bamboos chopped and piled onto a truck inside the forest

Green bamboos illegally felled by a forest department allotted timber unit in Manjavadi Kanavai in Harur.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bamboo, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Farmers, Floods, Forests
Natural Disasters

State wise flood damage statistics

The damage data upto 2017 has been finalized in CWC duly confirmed by the states. State wise damage data and for the country as a whole for the period 1953 to 2017 has been included.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2019
Central Water Commission (CWC)
Tags:
Floods, India, Statistics, Rainfall
Climate Change

UN report: Indian economy faces climate change perils

UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA: A Global Assessment Report (GAR), launched by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) here on Wednesday, has warned of new and much larger threats due

Publication Date: 
16/05/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Floods, Landslides, Disaster Management, Extreme Weather Events
Dams/ Irrigation

Environmental implications of Pancheshwar dam in Uttarakhand (Central Himalaya), India

The present study outlines major concerns and potential environmental consequences of the proposed Pancheshwar high dam in Uttarakhand (Central Himalaya), India.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2019
S. P. Sati, Shubhra Sharma, Naresh Rana & et al
Current Science
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1483-1489
Tags:
Dams, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Himalaya, Geology, Earthquakes, Sedimentation, Rivers, Reservoirs, Floods, Hydroelectricity
Natural Disasters

Drought, floods are new normal in Karnataka

Bengaluru: Karnataka has been witnessing a drastic change in rainfall pattern and distribution over the past two decades, resulting in frequent drought, floods and untimely rain.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2019
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Droughts, Floods, Rainfall Pattern, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

What does social inclusion mean for a resilient city?: a policy note on urban floods

Cities today face an unprecedented risk of natural hazards compounded by serious governance challenges. How can cities ensure that in building resilience, they address the needs of those most at risk of being excluded? How can they develop strategies that simultaneously foster resilient infrastructure and social inclusion?

Publication Date: 
01/05/2019
Maitreyi Bordia Das, Shruti Majumdar
The World Bank
Tags:
Floods, Urbanisation, Natural Disasters, India, Global
Natural Disasters

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding mitigation of the flood problem for the entire Ghaggar basin, 29/04/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Nagar Panchayat Moonak & Other Vs The State of Punjab & Others dated 29/04/2019 regarding mitigation of the flood problem for the entire Ghaggar basin.

Judgement Date: 
29/04/2019
Tags:
Floods, Agriculture, Haryana, Punjab, Supreme Court, Hydrology
Natural Disasters

Chennai to get Rs. 4,500 cr for flood mitigation works

World Bank and KfW likely to give major chunk of funds

Publication Date: 
29/04/2019
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Floods, Flood Control, Land Acquisition, Natural Disasters
Climate Change

Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach 'could soon be underwater' because of rising sea levels caused by climate change

Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach - celebrated around the world for its both it eye-grabbing beauty and decades-old surf culture - could be under water in a matter of years as as result of rising sea levels t

Publication Date: 
22/04/2019
Independent (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Climate Impacts, Floods, Global Warming, United States Of America (US)

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