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Jul 31, 2024 · The tragedy in Wayanad, the latest in a series of natural calamities in Kerala such as landslides, floods, and flash floods in recent years, has raised pressing questions about the role of climate change and human activities in exacerbating such disasters.
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Dec 15, 2022 · While people battled the Covid-19 pandemic on one side, natural calamities brought misery to their lives in several parts of the country. Thousands of lives were lost apart from thousands of...
Dec 25, 2023 · Below are photos capturing the harrowing glimpses of the natural disasters India faced in 2023, each telling a story of survival, loss, and a wake-up call for environmental stewardship. Flood fury, raining misery: On October 4, a cloudburst in the glacial South Lhonak Lake of North Sikkim triggered a flash flood in Teesta (above).
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Jul 31, 2024 · Of the 3,782 landslides between 2015 and 2022, about 59.2 per cent, or 2,239, were reported in God’s Own Country. Landslides in Kerala. Kerala is prone to heavy rains and flooding, with an estimated 14.5 per cent of land area seen as vulnerable.
Jul 26, 2022 · In a written reply to a question, the Lok Sabha reported a loss of 1,593 lives due to natural calamities in 2021-22 while 1,989 and 2,422 human lives were lost in 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively.
Jun 8, 2023 · According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters' Emergency Events Database or EM-DAT, India has encountered 205 storms and 316 floods, highlighting the significant occurrence of storms and floods as natural disasters in the country over the century (1900-2022).
