2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
Tsunami
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PMO exposes system slip up
Blocks Tamil Nadu s mega Sethusamudram project, cleared by other agencies
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Small mercy
Andaman s tourism industry alive due to new phenomenon
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Tsunami swept worries
The new environment minister of Somalia's non-resident government has urged the UN to examine the nature of the possible hazardous waste washed ashore in the country following the recent tsunami
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Un tidy relocation
Tamil Nadu s post tsunami coastal regulation bid is misdirected
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Prey again
Andaman villages now deal with crocodile menace
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Perturbing
Sumatra quake pushes water into Andhra s dry wells
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South Asia
tsunami Answerability: Sri Lanka's president Chandrika Kumaratunga has got an inquiry initiated into the government's failings in averting the destruction caused by the tsunami waves on December 26,
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Hidden behind sea walls
Reasons for Kerala government s love for a harmful exercise
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Redundant relief?
Supreme Court order on tree felling in Andaman criticised
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Stepping on the gas
India has entered Phase II of tackling the tsunami disaster. It is now readying to rebuild and rehabilitate the affected areas and develop disaster prevention and management systems.