NDMA starts testing cell broadcast technology Context: In order to inform people to natural calamities, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has begun testing emergency cell broadcast technology created by C-DoT. What is NDMA? The National Disaster Management Authority is known by the initials NDMA. […]
Maui wildfires Context The lovely resort town was reduced to mounds of smouldering debris by the blaze, which broke out on Tuesday. It destroyed 1,000 buildings and rendered thousands of people homeless, making it the greatest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. state. […]
Yamuna water level breaches 60-year record Context : On Wednesday, the Yamuna water level in the city reached a 60-year high. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requested the Centre to take precautions to prevent the level from rising higher. The river’s flow at midnight on Wednesday […]
Bhopal Gas Tragedy #GS-03 Disaster Management For Prelims Bhopal Gas Tragedy Bhopal Gas Tragedy is the name given to an industrial accident which caused a gas leak at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal on the night of 2 December 1984. […]
Mullaperiyar dam #GS-03 Disaster Management, #GS-02 Inter-State Disputes For Prelims Mullaperiyar dam Mullaperiyar dam is a 126-year-old dam located on the confluence of the Mullayar and Periyar rivers in Kerala’s Idukki The dam though fully located within Kerala, is owned, operated and maintained by Tamil […]
Cyclone Mandous #GS-01 Geography, #GS-03 Disaster Management For Prelims Tropical Cyclone: Cyclones are rapid inward air circulation around a low–pressure The air circulates in an anticlockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Tropical cyclones are strong storms that form over tropical […]
Calamity-prone — urban India’s worrying storyline #GS-03 Disaster Management For Mains: The Current crisis: The recent floods in Bengaluru have showcased the city’s lack of disaster management capacity. Adverse weather phenomena bringing a city to its knees are becoming increasingly common in India with urban […]
India gets its first avalanche monitoring radar in Sikkim #GS-01 Geography, #GS-03 Disaster Management For Prelims: About Avalanche: Avalanches are masses of snow, ice, and rocks that fall rapidly down a mountainside. Avalanches are classified into two types: slab avalanches, which are built of tightly […]
India’s growing water crisis, the seen and the unseen #GS03- Disaster Management For Mains Concerns about impending Water Crisis The UNESCO United Nations World Water Development Report of 2022 has helped to put into perspective, the global concern over the sharp decrease in levels of […]
Cyclone Asani Context: • Severe cyclonic storm Asani packing gale-force winds up to 120 kmph which is moving towards the east coast bringing along heavy rain, is likely to recurve in a north-northeastward direction on reaching near the shore and weaken gradually into a cyclonic […]