State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Landslides
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What caused the landslides in Uttaranchal?
Debris flow is a natural occurence. Environment friendly town planning can reduce its impact on human settlements
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Nature s wrath
Even flash floods cannot refresh the authorities' understanding of the dynamic and fragile ecosystem of the Himalaya
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Rains claim 120 lives
at least 90 people were killed in a landslide that crushed an entire slum in Mumbai. The Azad Nagar slum in Ghatkopar was located at the foot of a hillock, which collapsed due to heavy
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The turmoil beneath
How landslides of the 1998 kind in Garhwal can be prevented
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Flood fury
Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large scale destruction, Bihar is the worst affected
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CHINA
Around 770,000 people in Ziyang in China's Hunan province were evacuated by rescuers after the Minzu Yuan dyke collapsed following heavy rains that lashed the area on July 23. "However, no
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Melting into thin air
The 25 km long Gangotri glacier, fountainhead of the Ganga, is receding at an average 18 metres annually
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Droughts after deluges
As the glaciers recede, the frequency of natural hazards such as floods and cloudbursts will increase
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Glaciers beating retreat
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
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Nature's fury
RAMPANT deforestation by the timber mafia, poor mapping systems and inadequate maintenance of roads in the region may be the reason for recent landslides in the hills of Uttar Pradesh. People