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Deadly Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba: What we know so far
October 30, 2025 1:42 pm
In Jamaica, where Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday, authorities confirmed at least eight deaths as residents began digging out from the wreckage.
2 earthquakes jolt Nepal's Mugu in less than 24 hours
June 30, 2025 2:38 pm
There were no immediate reports of any damage caused by the two.
Natural disasters killed nearly 3,000 in 2024; Himachal worst hit with 408 deaths
February 05, 2025 10:36 am
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said 3,63,381 houses or huts were damaged and 61,826 cattle were lost due to hydro-meteorological disasters in India last year.
Our increasingly calamity-prone world needs to study Disaster History
February 03, 2025 12:32 pm
Including Disaster History in the school and college curricula will not only help coming generations have a more nuanced and scientific understanding of past disasters but will also acquaint them with the best mitigation practices and lessons from the worst failures.
Here's a look at the strongest earthquakes to hit Taiwan in recent times
April 03, 2024 12:52 pm
Over the decades several tremors have rocked Taiwan, which lies along the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. Here's a look at the four strongest earthquakes that have rocked Taiwan in modern history
First hurricane of 2022, Agatha heads for Mexico tourist town
May 31, 2022 8:42 am
The first hurricane of the season has formed off Mexico's southern Pacific coast and has rapidly grown stronger ahead of an expected strike along a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns as a major storm.
Maharashtra: State invokes ‘force majeure’ to consider pandemic natural disaster, grant 6-month extension to contractors
July 30, 2020 2:09 am
The state Cabinet also discussed the issue of inflated electricity bills. “A decision to provide relief to the lakhs of the household consumers will be taken in the next Cabinet meeting,” Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said.
Natural disasters in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack could cost Odisha one third of its Budget: World Bank study
October 10, 2015 7:47 pm
The report was submitted to the government late last month and due for discussion by state housing and urban development department and World Bank officials this week.
J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed approves first-ever state disaster management plan
July 31, 2015 10:16 pm
The chief minister exuded confidence that the new disaster management plan, prepared by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai
Govt widens relief net for crop loss, hikes compensation
April 09, 2015 2:19 am
The relief is subject to a cap of two hectares per farmer.
NATURAL DISASTER PHOTOS
In pictures | Cyclone Chido devastates Mayotte, death toll rises
December 15, 2024 10:49 pm
The cyclone struck the French Indian Ocean territory on Saturday with wind speeds exceeding 225 km/h, causing widespread destruction.
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