NDMA and J&K SDMA have started a survey. The survey aims to understand cloudbursts and flash floods in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Hi...

Uttarakhand faces a growing climate crisis, with flash floods and landslides claiming hundreds of lives in the past decade. Scientific stud...

Following a devastating glacial lake outburst flood in Sikkim last year, India is intensifying efforts to map and address vulnerabilities i...

The Indian government decided to review dams vulnerable to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) to improve spillway capacity. The Central W...

On the basis of submissions made by various central departments, the panel said no study was carried out by Geological Survey of India, ISR...

In view of the heavy rains and flash floods, the upward movement of devotees in Mata Vaishno Devi temple has been stopped.

There is no imminent danger from the artificial lake formed in the upper reaches of the Himalayas after the flash floods in Uttarakhand, Un...

The study, titled ‘Glacier changes and associated climate drivers for the last three decades, Nanda Devi region, Central Himalaya, India’, ...

The report says that the Mumbai region is highly vulnerable to climate change due to sea-level rise, storm surge and extreme precipitation....

The live storage, monitored by Central Water Commission, available in 123 reservoirs is 168% of the live storage of corresponding period of...

The meeting was attended by Central Water Commission personnel and resident commissioners of all the concerned states.

These models would come in handy to forewarn residents of localities which fall in the vicinity of the trouble zone about the impending dan...

Unfortunately, this is the ugly truth of the Himalayas. The heap, which includes biodegradable plastic, can be found just four kilometres f...

Murli Manohar Joshi has mooted setting up a dedicated, central body which would oversee development and ecological conservation works in th...

Pointing out that Pakistan has "excellent" relationship with India, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said cooperation between ...

Pointing out that Pakistan has "excellent" relationship with India, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said cooperation between the two to t...