Cyclone
CycloneCracks develop in under-construction embankment
Several cracks have developed in the embankments while some porous parts of these have turned vulnerable, likely to allow surge of water and inundation of vast areas
Cyclone
Gulab to weaken into depression during next 12 hours: IMD
The cyclonic storm Gulab, which was over north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha, weakened into a deep depression at 2:30 am today over north Andhra Pradesh and is likely to continue to move ...
Deep depression intensifies into cyclone ‘Gulab’, rain likely across country
The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajsthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha
Warning signal 2 issued as cyclone Gulab set to landfall
The maritime ports of the country have been advised to hoist distant warning signal number two as cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’ over Northwest Bay and adjoining West-Central Bay moved westwards and now lies ...
Maritime ports asked to hoist cyclone warning signal 3
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra in Bangladesh have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no. 3 to alert vessels of a possible squall
Seemingly unrelated crises share common roots, researchers say
Many everyday individual choices, like eating a chicken sandwich for lunch, have direct links to threats ranging from forest and species loss to climate change
4.4 million internally displaced in Bangladesh in 2020
As soon as the monsoon started, Sirajganj and Chandpur city protection embankments broke. Hurricane Yash had earlier displaced large numbers of people off the coast and in the islands
Coastal cities face their mortality on the climate 'frontline'
In city upon city, office towers, warehouses and homes crowd the water's edge as if they are jostling to take a dip, major roads hug the shore, landing strips jut dauntlessly into the frothing waves
Bangladesh power plants may need to be relocated due to sea-level rise: UN report
Climate-boosted extreme weather events -- cyclones, droughts, flooding -- have already sapped both short- and long-term economic growth, especially in developing countries
Prothom Alo Trust
'We are so happy to get a bag of relief!'
The people of Saint Martin’s island have been experiencing incessant rain since the crack of dawn on Friday
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