The 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...

Delhi is accelerating its earthquake preparedness plan, establishing a dedicated State Disaster Management Force (SDMF) to bolster the nati...

A recent report reveals India faced significant internal displacement. Disasters caused 32.3 million people to move between 2015 and 2024. ...

The Kedarnath deluge had claimed nearly 5,000 lives, while the Rishiganga flash floods killed more than 200 people besides causing severe d...

India has established a national framework for heat action plans through the National Disaster Management Authority that coordinates a netw...

The index factors in exposure of population, agriculture and livestock and environmental risk in drawing up the rankings.

Yes, according to a top disaster official, who adds that a major earthquake "is long overdue in the central seismic gap of the Himalayan fr...

Inaugurating a meeting organised by the NDMA in New Delhi on Monday, Singh said that a National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is bei...

Singh said the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction has been set up by the government to finalise a national strategy to deal with...

Addressing the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) here, Singh said eight of the ten disasters in the world oc...

The report said that growing urban settlements have also affected the ability of natural coastal systems to respond to extreme climate even...

Nearly 40 million Indians will be at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, with people in Mumbai and Kolkata having the maximum exposure to ...

If India wants to reduce the risk of disasters, its natural habitats should not be disturbed, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju...

China, India, the Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and the US had the highest numbers of people displaced by rapid onset disaster...

Government has alloted Rs 23,000 crore for developing disaster management infrastructure at state, district and panchayat levels across the...

Women farmers, particularly in poor countries will be worst hit by climate change as they make up the larger share of the agricultural work...

With half of its islands eroding at an alarming rate due to rising sea-level, Maldives has sought India's help to save it from being swampe...