DEHRADUN/ALMORA: Over 900 villages across the state had plunged into darkness when cloudbursts and incessant rains hit Uttarakhand on July 1. Of these, around 150 are still in the dark.

Indiscriminate blasting of mountains to build roads or other infrastructure has rendered the fragile areas of the state more susceptible to landslides and floods, say experts and scientists.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday that the cloudburst-like incidents in Uttarakhand are increasing due to climate change.

DEHRADUN: International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva based global body consisting of 90 countries working for better and safer roads worldwide which also has deparment of Road Tranport and Highw

At least 20 people have been buried after a landslide hit a village on Friday in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said.

GUIYANG, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Two people are dead and another is missing after a rainstorm pounded a county in southwest China's Guizhou Province from Monday evening to Tuesday morning.

The effects of climate change have been felt through destruction of crops, and property by floods and prolonged drought.

About 13% of households and 12.65% of the population in Bangladesh are under risk from disasters, which include floods, cyclones, drought, water-logging, landslides, and salinity, Bangladesh Bureau

Two people were slightly injured and about 80 buildings damaged Thursday in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima, while evacuation orders or advisories were issued to some 703,000 people in fi

NAINITAL: Thousands of people living in 83 villages of Kumaon region, which are close to rivers, are now at the mercy of the weather after the monsoon reached Uttarakhand on Wednesday.