Cyclone Freddy could be the longest lasting tropical cyclone on record Cyclone Freddy, which crossed the Indian Ocean over a span of more than five weeks, causing severe damage and destruction in its path, has resulted in the death of more than 500 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. The World Meteorological Organization is setting …
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Building Climate Resilience When a natural disaster strikes anywhere in the world, our immediate thought is, thank god it did not happen to us. A very natural response indeed, but should it be our only response? Of course not. The need of the hour is disaster risk reduction, especially when you live in a country …
Disastrously Yours – The Brahmaputra river A long time ago, weak floods of short duration used to be more beneficial than destructive for the state of Assam. One significant advantage of these weak floods was that they used to bring sediments and deposits with them. These new sediments and deposits rejuvenated the land …
Disastrously Yours – The Brahmaputra river A long time ago, weak floods of short duration used to be more beneficial than destructive for the state of Assam. One significant advantage of these weak floods was that they used to bring sediments and deposits with them. These new sediments and deposits rejuvenated the land and made …
The Flooded State of Assam With heavy rainfall and ten rivers flowing through its area, the state of Assam is prone to regular floods. Assam has a history of witnessing massive floods as it was flooded 11 times between 1954 to 2020. Although annual rainfall in Assam is declining, sudden and extreme rainfall is the …
The Flooded State of Assam With heavy rainfall and ten rivers flowing through its area, the state of Assam is prone to regular floods. Assam has a history of witnessing massive floods as it was flooded 11 times between 1954 to 2020. Although annual rainfall in Assam is declining, sudden and extreme rainfall …
‘Urban heat island’ Climate change has heavily impacted the monsoon pattern in the country however, it has been experienced differently in rural and urban areas. Since 2015, major cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bengaluru, Patna, etc have faced urban floods. Urban flooding is primarily caused by the effects of ‘Urban heat island’. …
Rain grips the South Indian states Since the past decade, it has been observed that there is a rise in the imbalance of monsoon patterns in the country. It has further caused unseasonal rains in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Moreover, cities like Bangalore and Chennai have witnessed …
Brazil’s extensive drought problem South American nation Brazil’s Energy Ministry recently published a study on falling rainfall in the region. The study indicated that between September 2020 and June 2021, Brazil witnessed the lowest rainfall in over 91 years. The drought-like situation in the Amazon rainforest and its adjoining territories is accelerated. United …
South Africa battles water crisis South Africa has witnessed extreme climates in the past few years. Drought and depleting groundwater have become common all over the country. Cape Town, the capital of South Africa battled ‘Zero Hour’ in 2018, where 37 lakh people had to face prolonged water shortage. Recently, Cape Town faced …
