Executive Summary Observed Changes in Global Climate The global average temperature has risen by around 1°C since pre-industrial times. This magnitude and rate of warming cannot be explained by...
By Neeta Lal NEW DELHI, Jul 26 2016 (IPS) - Deepa Kumari, a 36-year-old farmer from Pithoragarh district in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, lives in a one-room tenement in south Delhi’s...
Preface The monsoon period i.e., June to September is infamous for causing catastrophic and devastating disasters due to cloudbursts, flashfloods and landslides in the hilly terrains, particularly...
1. IntroductIon The India Disaster Report (IDR) was started as an annual documentation effort from the year 2011, covering the major disaster events from January to December of each year in the...
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The publication gathers a variety of cases studies, such as Typhoon Bopha, planned development-induced migration from hydroelectric dams in China and the Lower Mekong Delta and slow-onset droughts displacing pastoralists in Kenya.
Last September, heavy and incessant rain flooded 700 villages in Assam, India, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to abandon their homes. The exceptionally heavy monsoon rain resulted in a...
This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2012 Overview The past year has seen significant achievements by both the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and International Federation of Red...
TNN | Apr 12, 2013, 05.09 AM IST Bhadrak: The perennial threats of flood and drought over traditional paddy cultivation in most of coastal Bhadrak has forced farmers to look for a new option:...
Summary: CHF 298,424 was allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 13 July 2012 to support the Indian Red...
GLIDE n° FL-2012-000110-IND Period covered by this update: 6 October to 12 December 2012. Summary: CHF 298,424 was allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’...
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“I now tell my classmates and friends that they should come to my house on rainy days because it will be safer. I love my house. I feel safe to live and study here,” said Kim Huyen, 10, reflecting on...
The largest riverine island in the world, once covering 1,226 square kilometres, Majuli has declined to a mere 576 square km in a little under thirty years due to massive erosion caused by the annual...
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Myanmar - The Gov reports the number of IDPs in Rakhine has reached over 115,000 people. Humanitarian agencies are delivering assistance to these IDPs in 58 locations around the state. Source: OCHA...
HYDERABAD: After four days of heavy rain which left villages and roads inundated, people breathed easy as the flood water started receding in the worst-hit districts in coastal Andhra Pradesh and...
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Myanmar - The total IDP caseload in Rakhine state is nearly 110,000 people. Violence in Oct caused 89 deaths and 136 injuries. Over 5,300 houses and religious buildings were burned or destroyed. The Gov requested international assistance to support the humanitarian response. Source: OCHA Viet...
TNN | Nov 5, 2012, 04.21AM IST HYDERABAD: The steel-framed railway bridge over Tandava river near Tuni town in East Godavari on Sunday morning was anything but a bridge as the entire track standing...
PTI | Nov 5, 2012, 10.00PM IST VISAKHAPATNAM: Naval teams on Monday rescued over 100 people from various villages in Visakhapatnam and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh who were trapped...
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Despite a four-day truce which was supposed to come into effect on Friday 26 October, fighting has continued to escalate in Damascus province, Aleppo, Idlib, Daara and Deir Ezzor in Syria manifested by a new wave of airstrikes by the Syrian forces and attacks by the rebels on strategic army...
VISAKHAPATNAM: The toll in rain-related incidents has gone up to seven with the death of four persons in the state as heavy rains continued to lash various parts under the influence of cyclone Nilam. ...
TNN | Nov 1, 2012, 05.51AM IST Devaki , 55, of Mahalakshmi Street in Besant Nagar bent double as she struggled against heavy winds on her way to the government shelter at a corporation primary school...
