natural disasters
Activist claims city not prepared for natural disasters
The incidents from natural disasters include building and wall collapse, short circuit, gas leakage among others.
A true disaster
Kerala floods have revealed an ugly truth as for the first time a natural disaster is being used to incite hatred.
Bad news becomes hysteria in crowds: Study
Even drawing the public's attention to unbiased, neutral facts does not mitigate this contagion of panic.
Researchers say Twitter users spread false news during disasters
Here is what a new study has found.
A walk to stress on farmers issues
The Kisan Sabha had staged a gherao in CBS Nashik in 2016 and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had accepted the farmers’ demands.
Delhi police to get vehicles with tools to rescue accident victims
Vehicles will be fitted with state-of-the-art gadgets and equipment, with an independent power source in them.
Global warming will put millions more at flood risk in next two decades
Researchers say fluvial floods are among the most common and devastating natural disasters nowadays.
Year ender 2017: The toll of environmental disasters on Earth
Hurricanes were more powerful, floods more debilitating and wildfires more damning in 2017.
Not a merry Christmas in Philippines: Scores spend festival in shelters after storm
Tropical Storm Tembin unleashed landslides and flash floods that left more than 200 people dead and 144 missing.
Christmas washed away in Philippines as storm, floods kill 200; 144 missing
Rescuers said a total of 103 houses were carried off by rampaging floodwaters in Dalama.