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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Tsunami hits again
A tsunami has once again hit the Java islands of Indonesia. Four-metre high waves, which crashed into the western and central-southern coast of the islands on July 17, were triggered by a series of
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South Asia
Blunder tourism: Six months after the tsunami disaster, the inhabitants of Arugam Bay on Sri Lanka's east coast are protesting a government move ostensibly aimed at creating a safety buffer zone
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Tsunami hit farmers of Nagapattinam against prawn industry
The prawn farming industry in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu has bounced back from the losses of the tsunami of December 26, 2004, causing irreperable damage to agriculture. The tsunami hit farmers of
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In Court
Justice prevails: The Supreme Court on March 15, 2005, ruled that states will have to allot alternative cultivable land to even those people who have been affected temporarily by the Sardar Sarovar
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Fisheries Census 2005
The government seems to have learnt its lesson from the acute difficulty it faced in assessing the true extent of post-tsunami damage to the country's fishing community. It initiated The National
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We did our bit
Amongst the tsunami affected in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
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France grants Rf 144.4 million loan to establish tsunami warning system
The French Government has given a loan of
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Rs 112 cr for tsunami rehab in Nagercoil
More than three years after the devastating tsunami hit the Tamil Nadu coast, rehabilitation measures are still underway.
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Tsunami science: 10 years since Sumatra 2004
Significant advances have been made in tsunami detection and forecasting since the Great Indian Ocean (Sumatra) Tsunami of 2004. Watch this video. Courtesy: NOAA Centre for Tsunami Research <p><iframe
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4th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes 20-22 May 2015, Turkey
The fourth International Conference on Disaster Management is being reconvened following the success of the previous three meetings, held at Wessex Institute in the New Forest in 2009, the University of