Natural disaster

Opinion | Disaster alleviation needs its Ayushman

Opinion | Disaster alleviation needs its Ayushman

2 min read . 06 May 2019

Opinion | Global lessons from natural calamities

4 min read . 10 Dec 2018

Finance minister Arun Jaitley addresses the GST Council meeting via video conferencing. Photo: PTI

Ministerial panel to study need for disaster levy in GST

2 min read . 28 Sep 2018

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. File Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Pinarayi Vijayan meets Narendra Modi to rebuild flood-hit Kerala

1 min read . 25 Sep 2018

People in higher earthquake risk districts are more religious than those living in areas with lower risk, says research. Photo: AFP

Religiosity increases during times of natural disasters, finds study

1 min read . 20 Sep 2018

Disasters can take a toll on the elderly

2 min read . 10 Sep 2018

The GiveIndia team working on a crisis management strategy for the Kerala floods in Bengaluru. Photo: Jithendra M/Mint

4 lessons to manage response to disasters

6 min read . 23 Aug 2018

NDRF members distribute food, water and medicines to the flood-affected in Alappuzha district on Monday. Raj K. Raj/HT

Return home when it is safe, Kerala tells flood victims

2 min read . 20 Aug 2018

A thunderstorm hit Ajmer in Rajasthan on Tuesday. Photo: PTI

Thunderstorm activity set to move towards north-eastern states: IMD

1 min read . 08 May 2018

The cash transfer scheme in the Philippines led to greater demand by the beneficiary households for protein-rich perishable food items such as fish and eggs. Photo: Bloomberg

Targeted cash transfer schemes can do more harm than good

3 min read . 30 Mar 2018

Mudflow and damage from mudslides are pictured in this aerial photo taken from a Santa Barbara County Air Support Unit Fire Copter over Montecito, California. Photo: Reuters

California mudslides: Death toll rises to 19, 5 still missing

2 min read . 14 Jan 2018

Cyclone Ockhi, which hit the Indian coast on 30 November, killed 74 people in Kerala and 18 in Tamil Nadu, according to the latest official figures. Photo: HT

Govt team visits Cyclone Ockhi-hit areas in Tamil Nadu, Kerala to assess damage

2 min read . 27 Dec 2017

Big insurers brace for perilous future as climate risks escalate

2 min read . 14 Nov 2017

Facebook’s Disaster Maps was launched at the company’s first Disaster Response Summit in India on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Facebook introduces Disaster Maps in India for better response to disasters

3 min read . 09 Nov 2017

Rescue team searches for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Nasa’s heartbeat probe helping rescue Mexico quake survivors

1 min read . 25 Sep 2017

Rescue team searches for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

5.9 magnitude quake strikes off Mexican west coast

1 min read . 24 Sep 2017

Members of the rescue teams and volunteers continue to search for people under the rubble of a collapsed housing unit, after an earthquake, in Mexico City, Mexico, on Saturday . Photo: Reuters

Mexico earthquake: Deadly aftershocks, volcanic ash spread alarm

4 min read . 24 Sep 2017

A man walks in his house destroyed by Hurricane Maria, in Catano town, Juana Matos, Puerto Rico, on 21 September 2017. Photo: AFP

Hurricane Maria kills 32 in Caribbean, heads for Turks, Caicos

4 min read . 22 Sep 2017

Rescue workers search for people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in the Condesa neighbourhood of Mexico City on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Mexico earthquake: 22 schoolchildren killed and 30 missing, toll hits 225

4 min read . 20 Sep 2017

A man pulls in a boat ahead of Hurricane Maria in the Galbas area of Sainte-Anne on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, early Monday, on 18 September 2017. Photo: AP

Caribbean faces another major hurricane as Maria bears down

2 min read . 18 Sep 2017