IIT Bombay study analyzes financial impact of floods and cyclones in India, offers solutions for disaster preparedness.

The state government bears much of the disaster response cost after natural disasters such as floods and cyclones which ...

Visakhapatnam: A mock drill focused on disaster management was conducted at Visakhapatnam Airport on Wednesday. The exercise, ...

According to the WFP press release, anticipatory action—measures taken before disasters strike—was increasingly integrated into Bangladesh's disaster management framework in 2024. The Standing Orders ...

There are over 200,000 people living in the Townsville region, and helping every single person stay safe during an unfolding ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) have developed a Disaster Intensity Index (DII) to assess ...

CHENNAI: A multi-sectoral team comprising 13 experts from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and officials of ...

Multipurpose Cyclone and Flood Shelters (MCS & MFS) were constructed by State Government in rural and urban areas for providing safe shelter during disasters. The need arose after Super Cyclone ...

In response to the urgent needs created by Cyclone CHIDO in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, the Grindrod Women Forum has ...

Accepting change in the aftermath of natural disasters is hard. But long-term survival may require embracing managed retreat ...

Nearly two months after a bomb cyclone weather event swept across the Pacific Northwest, killing four people (two in Washington) and knocking out power for nearly one million customers in Oregon, ...

Mumbai: A study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) has highlighted inefficiencies in the existing disaster relief mechanisms, particularly in the allocation of funds ...