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Natural Calamities

Landslide in Ecuador

Ecuador: Massive Landslide Kills 7, Several Houses Buried; Rescue Operation Underway

Area residents told local media they heard tremors on the mountain before the landslide. Ecuador's Risk Management Secretariat said more than 30 people were rescued after the mountainside collapsed around 10 p.m. Sunday.

28 March 2023

Cyclone Freddy

Cyclone Freddy Wrecks Havoc Across Southern Africa

An unrelenting cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both...

14 March 2023

Italy Venice Dried Canals

New Drought Alert For Italy As Canals In Venice Run Dry

After several weeks of dry winter as Alps received less than half of the normal snowfall, a new cause of concern regarding drought has arrived in Italy. Venice, where flooding is the most widely known concern, is facing...

22 February 2023

Ecuador Earthquake

Earthquake Causes Devastation In Ecuador

The strong earthquake has wrecked havoc across Ecuador with many buildings and structures left reduced to rubble.

19 March 2023

Cyclone Yaku

Cyclone Yaku Wrecks Havoc Across Peru And Ecuador

Cyclone Yaku is present in the South Pacific off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador, where it has affected some provinces in both countries. The unusual event has caused rainfall, flooding of towns, roads and rivers overflowing.

12 March 2023

Resul Pookutty: The Sound Master Of Human Suffering

In the aftermath of the massive earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, Resul Pookutty recounts his time spent in Bhuj after the earthquake in 2001. He was part of an international search and rescue team. A first-person account

21 February 2023

Turkey Floods

Turkey: Flood Due To Torrential Rain Inundates Two Earthquake-hit Provinces

Turkey's disaster management agency said more than a dozen professional divers were involved in the rescue efforts in each of the two provinces. At least 14 people have died so far including five Syrian nationals whose...

16 March 2023

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The Doosra Life: How Muttiah Muralitharan Rose To The Occasion After Sri Lankan Tsunami

Playing on the front foot, cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan helped his fellow countrymen find their feet after the 2004 catastrophe

21 February 2023

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21 February 2023
The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season

Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Ashutosh Salil writes on how recurring floods disrupting the lives of people in Bihar, year after year, led to the addition of an...


21 February 2023
A First-hand Experience Of A Deadly Snowstorm In The Himalayas

A First-hand Experience Of A Deadly Snowstorm In The Himalayas

An ambitious mountaineer recounts the experience of being in the thick of a deadly avalanche on the highest mountain range in the world. While he survived to...


21 February 2023
The Great Himalayan Disaster

The Great Himalayan Disaster

Three regions–one between central Himachal and north Bihar, the other between the Shillong plateau and the Mishmi Hills in Arunachal and another in...


21 February 2023
A Memory-being Relives The Brief History Of Indian Disasters

A Memory-being Relives The Brief History Of Indian Disasters

Natural disasters are devastating but they are also emotionally draining. Time heals. In my 50 years of life, I have witnessed many natural disasters. Who am...


21 February 2023
Kosi: 'The sorrow of Bihar'

Kosi: 'The sorrow of Bihar'

The people who live on the embankments of the Kosi river are relentlessly ravaged by the river and neglected by the state


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21 February 2023
In Pictures: Fresh Quake Of 6.4 Magnitude Shakes Turkey And Syria

In Pictures: Fresh Quake Of 6.4 Magnitude Shakes Turkey And Syria

Even before the two countries could recuperate from the devastating aftermaths of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6, another massive quake of 6.4...


21 February 2023
Trauma Of The Bhuj Earthquake That Lasts To This Day

Trauma Of The Bhuj Earthquake That Lasts To This Day

21 years ago, on the morning of Republic Day, residents of Bhuj woke up to an earth-shattering disaster that took nearly 20,000 lives


21 February 2023
Earthquake Diary | Recalling The Irreplaceable Losses Caused By Gujarat Earthquake

Earthquake Diary | Recalling The Irreplaceable Losses Caused By Gujarat Earthquake

Mass cremations, damage to property and deaths in the family are hallmarks of the devastating earthquake in the Kutch region of Gujarat in January, 2001.


21 February 2023
Gujarat Earthquake: The People Of Bhuj Have Re-built Their Lives But At What Cost?

Gujarat Earthquake: The People Of Bhuj Have Re-built Their Lives But At What Cost?

In the 22 years since the Bhuj earthquake, the lives of people in Kutch, the district devasted by it, have changed but the psyches of the people still carry...


20 February 2023
After Losing Their Children To Tsunami, This Couple Took It Upon Themselves To Adopt Orphan Children

After Losing Their Children To Tsunami, This Couple Took It Upon Themselves To Adopt Orphan Children

The killer waves of the 2004 tsunami washed the entire family away except for Karibeeran and his wife. They later turned their two-storied house into a shelter...


20 February 2023
Women And Children Suffer The Most In Disasters As In Wars

Women And Children Suffer The Most In Disasters As In Wars

Meral has no clue for how long she would have to live in the tent or whether she would be able to return to her home. Her three children, who are still in...


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20 February 2023
The Trauma Of Doing Rescue Work In Natural Disasters

The Trauma Of Doing Rescue Work In Natural Disasters

A journalist recalls his own, and other people’s, experiences in earthquake rescue operations in Turkey


20 February 2023
How Historical And Cultural Edificies Become Collateral Damage In An Earthquake

How Historical And Cultural Edificies Become Collateral Damage In An Earthquake

With historic buildings across cities and townships razed to rubble in the Turkiye earthquake, citizens, including children, are coming together to help...


20 February 2023
The Grief, The Pain, The Helplessness: A Ground Report From Earthquake-hit Turkey

The Grief, The Pain, The Helplessness: A Ground Report From Earthquake-hit Turkey

Those who manage to recover the dead and perform their last rites consider themselves lucky


20 February 2023
There Are No Natural Disasters

There Are No Natural Disasters

Disasters on the scale we see are human-made and based on poor planning and mindless construction


20 February 2023
Writing Disaster

Writing Disaster

How does one write disaster? How does one turn the shards of memory into text?


14 February 2023
In Pics: Aftermath Of Turkey Earthquake

In Pics: Aftermath Of Turkey Earthquake

A week after earthquakes killed tens of thousands in Syria and Turkey, sorrow and disbelief are turning to anger.


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