IMD warns of heavy rain in Assam & Meghalaya

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:45:00 +0200timesofindia (en)

GUWAHATI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heavy rainfall in Assam and Meghalaya from Wednesday till October 5 by issuing an “yellow” alert, which may deteriorate the flood situation in Assam. At present, over 2.83 lakh people in the state have been hit by the third wave of floods.

STUDENT COLLECTIVES AS RELIEF MEDIATION TO THE PERILS OF NATURAL DISASTERS

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:22:00 +0200refugeewatchonline (en)

‘The year is 2020. The tree in front of my house is bent on crashing upon the family car. It’s raining cats and dogs. Suddenly, there’s a blackout and there’s water seeping in from a broken window pane. The wind too isn’t very keen on slowing down either and seems to be turning stronger by...

Flooding worsens further in north

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 20:43:00 +0200daily-sun (en)

The overall flood situation has worsened further in the northern region as the water level of the Upper Meghna Basin in the northeastern region of the country is increasing gradually. Hundreds of flood victims have been leading a miserable life with inadequate relief, many alleged.

Virus, drought, flood hit 51M folk

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 05:27:00 +0200manilatimes (en)

NEW YORK: At least 51.6 million people worldwide have been affected by floods, droughts or storms and the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), showed the news analysis published Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center.

Flash floods raise public suffering in Northern Bangladesh

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 18:54:00 +0200dhakatribune (en)

Floodwaters have started receding in the Brahmaputra shoal areas as the waters of the Brahmaputra river are now flowing below the danger level. The overall flood situation in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat has worsened further. The Dharla and Teesta rivers are still flowing above the danger level, while....

Disaster, climate change and coronavirus: 2020 has been a hell of a year

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 01:13:00 +0200abc-au (en)

While we have all been justifiably distracted by COVID-19, the Northern Hemisphere has not been OK. Fires in Siberia, heatwaves in Europe, record wildfires in California, flooding in Africa, many, many tropical storms, and possibly the highest temperature reliably recorded on Earth.

Flooding worsens in N-districts

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:19:00 +0200daily-sun (en)

Staff Correspondent 25 September, 2020 12:00 AM The flood situation has deteriorated in the northern and north-eastern regions due to heavy rainfall and onrush of upstream river water on Thursday. Low-lying and char areas have been submerged in Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Natore, Sherpur....

National Service Scheme: Learn the History and Role of NSS Volunteers Helping the Community

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:09:00 +0200news18 (en)

National Service Scheme (NSS) was introduced in 1969 to mark the centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. It was launched in 37 universities and 40,000 students joined the scheme in the beginning. The nationwide scheme now includes 3.8 million university students after 50 years of its inception.

Climate exigency: The time to act is now!

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:41:00 +0200financialexpress (en)

Forest is a limited renewable natural resource, which can maintain its sustainable functioning only if it is given time to regenerate. Unfortunately, the forest resources around the world have been depleting at an extremely alarming rate resulting in catastrophic and hazardous chain reactions.

Overnight wait for PCR test for scores

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:11:00 +0200thehimalayantimes (en)

KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 23. Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital at Teku has been seeing a surge in the number of people visiting the hospital for polymerase chain reaction test. The number of people visiting the hospital for the tests has drastically increased after the government allowed....

World: Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI): Exploring Potential at the Global Scale

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 06:46:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

By Faiz Alam, Researcher Water Resources/Agricultural Water Management (IWMI) and Paul Pavelic, Senior Researcher Hydrogeology (IWMI) IWMI has conducted a global assessment of a means to better capture and store water from flooding for use in times of drought for the first time.

Ganges basin rivers swelling

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 05:40:00 +0200dhakatribune (en)

The rivers were flowing below the danger level in 15 points and above the danger level in one point Saturday morning. The flood situation might become stable from Sunday as the rate of onrushing water from the upstream reduced despite little rise and fall in water levels of major rivers during the last 24 hours in the Brahmaputra basin.

Rivers continue to rise in Ganges basin

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 11:07:00 +0200dhakatribune (en)

The rivers were flowing below the danger level in 15 points and above the danger level in one point Saturday morning. Water levels in most of the rivers and tributaries in Ganges basin recorded a rise for the second consecutive day Saturday in the wake of onrushing of floodwater from the upstream hilly catchment areas in India .

Climate theories on Sudan

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:05:00 +0200ahram-EN (en)

Nile waters in Sudan have begun to drop to after reaching record levels, causing severe damage in several cities, the Water and Irrigation Ministry in Khartoum said Sunday. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok tweeted Sudan hasn’t seen similar floods since 1912, instructing state institutions to coordinate....

Dual calamity as floods hit India’s Bihar state amid pandemic

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:42:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

, even as the floods affect millions across the state . “The people in the community were in a state of fear due to COVID-19 and, during the same time, the flood waters entered the village suddenly,” recalled Sri Ramsagar Sahni, a ward member in Muzaffarpur District.

Según un estudio, las inundaciones costeras frecuentes podrían afectar al 20% del PIB global

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:03:00 +0200iagua (es)

Según un nuevo estudio de la Universidad de Melbourne, en el que ha participado la Universidad de East Anglia (UEA), la superficie costera expuesta a inundaciones aumentará en más de 250,000 kilómetros cuadrados a nivel global, lo que supone un aumento del 48%, hasta alcanzar los 800,000 kilómetros cuadrados.

Water above danger mark in Dharla, rising...

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:43:00 +0200dhakatribune (en)

The local Water Development Board has said that there is no possibility of flooding in the district even though the water level is forecast to continue rising for the next 48 hours. The waters of Dharla, Teesta and Brahmaputra have started rising in the upper reaches of Kurigram, resulting in the lower reaches of the river basin starting to flood.

Nepal’s Glacial Lakes in Danger of Bursting

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:09:00 +0200globalissues (en)

KATHMANDU, Sep 14 (IPS) - A new report out this week warns that hundreds of glacial lakes in the Himalaya are in danger of bursting because global heating is melting the ice on the world's highest mountains. However, on only two of them have there been mitigation measures to reduce water levels.

Extreme weather events show the growing impact of climate change

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 22:14:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

In determining that link, scientists assess simulations of how weather systems might behave if humans had never started pumping carbon dioxide into the air and compare that with what is happening today. They also factor in weather observations made over the past century or more.

The pandemic cannot stop joint efforts for adaptation, resilient societies

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 21:51:00 +0200thedailystarBD (en)

On September 8, the South Asia regional office of Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated in Dhaka with the attendance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the 8th Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon. This is a milestone event to tackle climate change in the region,....

Extreme weather events show the growing impact of climate change

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 19:15:00 +0200taipeitimes (en)

In determining that link, scientists assess simulations of how weather systems might behave if humans had never started pumping carbon dioxide into the air and compare that with what is happening today. They also factor in weather observations made over the past century or more.

Wild weather shows growing impact of climate change

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 04:11:00 +0200bdnews24 (en)

This spate of wild weather is consistent with climate change, scientists say, and the world can expect even more extreme weather and higher risks from natural disasters as global emissions of greenhouse gases continue. "We are seeing the emergence of some signals that would have had almost no chance....