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Study seeks stories of denizens’ plight during disasters
The initiative is a part of ClimACT-Chennai, under which the NGO is conducting a study titled ‘Disaster Response in Chennai: Learning from the Past,...
US hit by $7 billion weather disasters so far this year
11 May 2023 2:29 PM IST"The number of billion-dollar disasters so far in 2023 is significant," the NOAA noted in a statement
Editorial: Question of quality versus quantity
12 Sept 2020 3:21 AM ISTRecent episodes involving the collapse of buildings in the aftermath of adverse weather conditions speak volumes concerning the quality of...
TNSDMA releases detailed SOPs for handling disasters in Tamil Nadu
21 Oct 2021 7:02 AM ISTTamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority (TNSDMA) on Wednesday released the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for handling disasters.
‘Nearly 5 mn in India internally displaced due to disasters in 2021’
17 Jun 2022 8:45 AM IST"The largest displacements in the context of disasters in 2021 occurred in China (6.0 million), the Philippines (5.7 million) and India (4.9 million)....
Man-made hazards: Effects of climate change begin in the womb
27 Oct 2022 11:00 AM ISTClimate change isn’t going away anytime soon — even if humanity suddenly got our collective act together and started doing more to ameliorate it —...