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A road in Mon district, Nagaland, following rain and landslides. Image by Nayantara Siruguri.

First payout under extreme-weather insurance triggers relief and intrigue

Simrin Sirur 20 Jun 2025
Rescue operation in a flood affected area in Imphal West, Manipur. Photo credit- Manipur Police

Record rainfall followed by floods and landslides batter Northeast India

Nabarun Guha 9 Jun 2025
Experts urgently call for comprehensive planning, including the construction of concrete embankments along rivers and the proper diversion of floodwaters to mitigate the severity of future disasters. Image by Abid Bhat.

Experts blame unplanned construction for flash floods

Mudassir Kuloo 26 May 2025
The Indian Army conducts relief and rescue operations in the wake of floods that ravaged Chennai in 2015.

Solving India’s urban flooding crisis is not just a pipe dream [Commentary]

Srikanth Viswanathan and Nithya Ramesh 7 Mar 2025
teesta III Sikkim

Political stir follows expert panel’s approval to rebuild Teesta dam in Sikkim

Simrin Sirur 6 Feb 2025

A regional hub in the Himalayas to reduce risks from climate-induced disasters

Nidhi Jamwal 14 Jan 2025

[Book review] A reality check on efforts to decentralise natural resource governance

Kundan Pandey 10 Jan 2025

Your Environment This Week: Dung beetles, City dwelling urban jackals and Frogs in fields

Team Mongabay India 20 Dec 2024

[Commentary] Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects

Amitanshu Verma 4 Dec 2024

How flood protection structures heighten flood vulnerability

Simrin Sirur 29 Nov 2024

Silt, a major reason for Kosi river’s flooding

Rahul Singh 25 Nov 2024

Island villages between Kosi embankments neglected after Bihar floods

Rahul Singh 7 Nov 2024
Headmaster Basu Biswas enters Alichuck Lower Primary School a day after heavy rain lightly flooded the school grounds. Image by Ananya Chetia.

Your Environment This Week: Recycling in India, Flood-affected schools, Andaman’s mangroves

Team Mongabay India 7 Oct 2024
Flooded school campus. Image by Ananya Chetia.

When books sink underwater in Assam

Ananya Chetia 4 Oct 2024

Lesson from Wayanad: State needs disaster mitigation rather than a disaster management strategy

Saritha S. Balan 2 Aug 2024

Flood risk study of Himalayan valley highlights unregulated tourism as a cause

Arathi Menon 29 Jul 2024

Lives of thousands of families hang in the balance as the water level of Sardar Sarovar dam is altered

Rahul Singh 9 Jul 2024
A road in Sangli district, a few days after the heavy rain in 2019. Image by Varsha Deshpande via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed).

The forgotten victims of Maharashtra’s 2019 floods

Apsara Aga 6 Jun 2024
Manjubai extracts seeds from the musk melon fruit for further processing Image by Aishwarya Mohanty.

Rising above the waters with musk melon

Aishwarya Mohanty 4 Jun 2024

Assessing coastal disaster risks in central Kerala

Simrin Sirur 10 May 2024