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10 Oct 2024

Whirling Wonders: 7 Amazing Tornado Facts

Strong natural phenomena, tornadoes can reach speeds of up to 300 miles per hour. They can form suddenly, are predominantly found in the United States, and even have tranquil eyes. Tornadoes are erratic and varied in character; they can linger for minutes or hours, form over water, and resemble whirlwinds that have been seen on Mars.

08 Jan 2023

Earthquake of magnitude 7.2 jolts Port-Olry, Vanuatu, triggers tsunami warning

Vanuatu is home to about 280,000 people and is prone to natural disasters, with a half-dozen active volcanoes as well as regular cyclones and earthquakes.

09 Sep 2022

Natural Disasters in Himachal: How students can help improve the scenario

The frequent occurrence of landslides is one of the issues encountered due to the erosion of the top layer of soil. Also, damage to marine aquatic life due to hydro projects and the cement factories in Himachal is a problem of grave proportions.

28 Feb 2022

Massive floods swamp Australia's east coast, 8 die in Queensland

Multiple emergency flood alerts were in place for Brisbane suburbs The Brisbane River peaked on Monday at 3.85 meters Train and ferry services across Brisbane have been halted

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12 Jan 2022

What’s in a name if it’s Omicron?

The Omicron virus variant is posing a marketing challenge to some businesses.

27 Oct 2021

Climate change-related hazards cost India $87 bn, says UN

The latest report from the United Nations has said that climate-related hazards have cost developing and developed Asian economies billions of dollars. Watch to know more.

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31 Aug 2021

In a first, IIT Roorkee, NDMA developed app that predicts natural disasters

Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Dhan Singh Rawat said that he had requested the Central government to simplify the 2011 disaster parameters. This app will alert about the probable natural calamities beforehand.

25 May 2021

NASA to design Earth System Observatory to mitigate climate change

This mission will measure some of the planet`s most complex processes such as ice-sheet collapse and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides

28 Apr 2020

Man's efforts to defy aging, conquer death may be reality in future

American entrepreneur Bill Marris, who introduced Google Ventures, claimed a few years ago that science and technology could make humans live for at least 500 years.

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23 Apr 2020

Watch these classic movies on natural disasters amid COVID-19 pandemic

natural disaster movies

23 Apr 2020

Binge-watch these classic Hollywood movies on natural disasters amid pandemic

Start your binge-watch movie marathon as we keep adding to the list of world cinema gems.

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17 Jan 2018

Extreme weather conditions single most prominent risk to global economy: World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum's 48th annual meeting will take place on January 23-26, 2018, in Switzerland.

28 Oct 2017

Earthquakes won't hound us in future, they can be predicted beforehand

The study identified a hidden signal leading up to earthquakes and used this 'fingerprint' to train a machine learning algorithm to predict future earthquakes.

20 Sep 2017

7.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Mexico: Here's what to do when disaster strikes

The latest disaster occurred in southern Mexico on Tuesday, September 19 at 2:14 pm (Eastern time), when the city was jolted by a massive earthquake that measured 7.1 on the Richter scale.

06 Sep 2017

US facing most natural disasters after China and India: UN

The United States has suffered the most number of natural disasters after China and India since 1995, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said as he called for building resilience and reducing the risk posed by such calamities.

24 Aug 2017

In modern world, risk reduction no longer a local activity: Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that in an interconnected world, risk reduction is no longer merely a local activity.

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21 Aug 2017

Social media sites like Twitter can be handy in tracking natural disasters in real time

With over 500 million tweets sent every single day, new research is investigating innovative ways to use that data to help communities respond during unexpected catastrophes.

08 Jun 2017

Facebook releases maps to help tackle natural disasters

Facebook has introduced disaster maps to help organisations address critical gap in information they often face while responding to natural disasters.

natural disasters

12 Mar 2017

Floods, hurricanes and more: Social media can help predict these natural disasters!

The researchers tracked photos and videos with tags such as river, water and landscape on the social media platform Flickr between 2004 and 2014.

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07 Dec 2016

NDMA shares useful tips to keep in mind during cyclone and cold wave

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Government of India, has shared some useful tips on what you can do during natural disasters like cyclones and cold waves.

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