Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Cyclones
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Project for cyclone shelters disabled-friendly
BHUBANESWAR: Persons with disabilities are more vulnerable to disaster impacts due to their physical condition.
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Examining the storm protection services of mangroves of Orissa during the 1999 cyclone
<p>The paper examines whether the mangrove forests in Kendrapada district of Orissa played any protective role during the severe cyclone that hit the state in October 1999.
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Forest management for biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation: The Bangladesh initiatives and experiences
This paper describes Bangladesh's contemporary forest management policies and programs aimed at biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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SAARC drafts disaster response agreement
The Inter-governmental Meeting to finalise the text of the draft SAARC Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters concluded in Male last Thursday with a broad agreement on the issue that needed to be addressed. According to the global database on disasters, over the past forty years, South Asia faced as many as 1,333 disasters that killed 980,000 people, affected 2.4 billion lives and dam
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Sweet water crisis still acute in Aila-hit areas
There are many sources of water in the southwestern part of the country but the people of the Aila-hit areas are facing acute drinking water crises. Most of the rivers, canals, ponds and wetlands in the coastal areas particularly in Mongla and Morelganj upazilas in Bagerhat, Dacope and Koira upazilas in Khulna and Shamnagar upazila in Satkhira district are found abundant with salty water.
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54,530 people still living in makeshift huts in Aila-affected areas
Although two years have passed since the devastating cyclone Aila hit in the coastal regions, approximately 54,530 people from 10,906 households continue to love in makeshift huts on the embankment damaged by the cyclone, and outside the ring embankment. Cyclone Aila hit the coastal area May 25, 2009.
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Twisters Strike Oklahoma, and at Least 5 People Are Killed
A series of tornadoes struck central Oklahoma on Tuesday, wiping out homes and businesses and killing at least five people.
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After Missouri Tornado, Grim Search for Missing
The sun shone for the first time in days on this devastated city on Tuesday, illuminating the full extent of the damage as rescue workers performed the grim task of searching for survivors and victims in buildings leveled by the United States
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A Rush to Protect Patients, Then Bloody Chaos
When the warning
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Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri, 116 Dead
A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri when it tore through the heart of the small city, ripping the roof off a hospital and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. Weather officials said the tornado that hit the city of 50,000 at dinner time on Sunday was the deadliest single tornado in the country since 1947 and the ninth-deadliest tornado of all time, they sai