Disaster News

An8.2 magnitude earthquake, strongest in a century, struck Mexico before midnight on 7th September 2017. Overall 61 people died in Southern Mexico,... Read More

The region must adapt to climate change, not simply rebuild Hurricane Irma, the first Category 5 storm ever for many of the... Read More

Before US comes out of the shock of storm Harvey, hurricane Irma lashed the state Florida again on Sunday. The wind strength... Read More

Schoolchildren and businesses in Japan are working hard to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year blueprint adopted at... Read More

The Grenfell Tower fire occurred on 14 June 2017 at the 24-storey, 220-foot-high Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North-  West London. It caused at least 80... Read More

Disaster Management Institute, Bhopal in collaboration with various private security and fire/welfare agencies and NGO’s conducted a workshop on ‘Role of Private... Read More

The flooding danger to parts of Pune with relatively small discharge of water from Khadakwasla dam, was highlighted in the new ‘Disaster... Read More

 Spontaneous volunteers in large no’s offer real, heartfelt support in times of major disasters. Unfortunately most are untrained, posing serious problems by... Read More

The severe drought which Tamil Nadu is facing could have been predicted if credible data was available. Historically 2 years drought follows... Read More

Secretary – General Patteri Taalas of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a stark warning at the lack of disaster early warning systems... Read More