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Climate and Weather
Harnessing runoff to cope with droughts in South India
Posted on 01 Jun, 2021 11:54 AMThe years 2016 to 2018 saw a major drought in the South of India due to low winter rainfall from the northeast monsoon – rainfall crucial for water availability, agriculture and livelihoods for the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
![The scramble to collect water: Can it be prevented? (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Water%20shortage.jpg?itok=v6uojg0X)
The lessons learnt from Cyclone Yaas
Posted on 31 May, 2021 11:03 PMOn May 26, Cyclone Yaas from the Bay of Bengal hit the coast in Bhadrak district near the Bahanaga block north of Dhamra port
![Cyclone Yaas slammed into the north Odisha coast near Balasore on May 26, 2021 (Image: NASA Earth Observatory)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/cycloneyaas_tmo_2021-NASA%E2%80%99s%20Earth%20Observatory.jpg?itok=HDQijEGf)
Amidst Covid-19 second wave, two cyclones hit the Indian coasts
Posted on 27 May, 2021 09:26 PMCyclone Tauktae hit the west coast, while Yaas batters the east coast
![Fallen lampost and trees lay sprawled across the road after a cyclone (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/30813818684_62a38a1623_c.jpg?itok=6dGfX3JV)
Serious efforts needed to curb carbon emissions
Posted on 07 May, 2021 07:45 PMThe Leaders’ Summit on Climate hosted by the United States President Joe Biden has come to a successful conclusion.
![On January 20, 2021 United States rejoined the Paris Accord (Image: Kai Stachowiak; Public Domain license)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/climate.jpg?itok=uOoR1Nmk)
World must unite to tackle climate change immediately: UN
Posted on 29 Apr, 2021 10:15 AMUN report reminds the world to tackle climate change immediately
![Severe cyclone batters a town in India (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/31642433665_20dc424529_z_2.jpg?itok=6e1Hwqve)
Over two crore children in India experiencing extremely high water vulnerability: UNICEF
Posted on 01 Apr, 2021 11:00 AMUNICEF’s analysis reveals over two crore children in India facing extremely high water vulnerability
![Girl fetching water from handpump (Source: Flickr photos via IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/3895622025_57207bc726_c.jpg?itok=9KAqqm8K)
Multi-purpose cyclone shelters in India
Posted on 06 Feb, 2021 03:53 PMAn ‘Extremely Severe Cyclone Fani’ made landfall during morning hours on May 3, 2019, near Puri in Odisha. The landfall location was forecast accurately much in advance by India Meteorological Department. In anticipation of the strike, the state government carried out an extensive evacuation involving more than 1.5 million people.
![The Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department looks into the repairing of cyclone and flood shelters across Odisha (Image: Odisha TV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/cyclone-centre.jpg?itok=oZIGWuVD)
India faced with the onslaught of rising temperature
Posted on 18 Jan, 2021 11:14 AMOn January 4, 2021, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a report titled
![2020 was one of the warmest years in India despite La Nina which typically has a cooling effect on global temperatures.(Image: Tumisu, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/tumisu.jpg?itok=1jbZ7CJA)
75% districts and half of India’s population vulnerable to extreme climate events: CEEW study
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 06:08 PMOver 75% of Indian districts, which are home to over 638 million people, are hotspots of extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, droughts, heat, and cold waves, according to a first-of-its-kind independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environme
![India is already the fifth most vulnerable country globally in terms of extreme climate events and it is all set to become the world’s flood capital (Image: Geralt, Pixabay license)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/geralt-pixabay.jpg?itok=zVn73bO7)
Embankments in Bihar: The inapt and futile defence against floods
Posted on 19 Oct, 2020 06:05 PMWhat is the history of floods in Bihar and why is it prone to floods?
![An embankment in Madhubani after a week of repairing (Source: Santosh Yadav via IWP Flickr albums)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/50115297347_4b738f7b77_c.jpg?itok=wqBneKuH)