Natural Disasters
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7 dead in lightning strikes in Madhubani, Begusarai: Why does Bihar witness such incidents often?
Explainers | April 09, 2025 14:24 ISTSeven people died and several others were injured in lightning strikes across Madhubani and Begusarai districts of Bihar on Wednesday, following heavy rain and gusty winds. The victims included farmers and their families working in fields when the strikes occurred.
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Badrinath avalanche: List of major natural disasters that sent shock waves across Uttarakhand
India | March 03, 2025 14:19 ISTBadrinath avalanche: The avalanche hit the BRO camp between Mana and Badrinath on February 28, burying 54 workers inside eight containers and a shed.
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Typhoon in Taiwan: Typhoon Krathon brings heavy rains in Taiwan's Kaohsiung, 2 dead
News | October 03, 2024 19:19 ISTTyphoon in Taiwan: Typhoon Krathon brings heavy rains in Taiwan's Kaohsiung, 2 dead
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Hurricane Hits Bermuda: Hurricane Ernesto pounds Bermuda as it moves slowly away
News | August 18, 2024 18:38 ISTHurricane Ernesto pounded Bermuda on Saturday (August 17) with powerful winds and 35-foot (10-meter) waves while drenching the British island territory with rain that could produce deadly flooding. Power was out for more than 70% of the territory's 36,000 customers.Watch to know more!
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How did a 660-tonne steel pendulum protect Taiwan's largest skyscraper during 7.4 earthquake?
Explainers | April 05, 2024 11:06 ISTTaiwan was struck by its most powerful earthquake in 25 years on Wednesday that killed ten people and injured over 1,000. However, due to its effective disaster response training and laws, the earthquake did fairly minimal damage to life and property.
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Yearender 2023: From Cyclone Biparjoy to China earthquake, here are year's top 10 natural calamities
India | December 24, 2023 15:48 ISTYearender 2023: The worst disasters of this year fell across the spectrum, from cyclones in India, floods in Libya, to earthquakes in Nepal and China. As the year 2023 draws to a close, here's a quick roundup of the top 10 natural calamities of this year.
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Natural disasters that hit the world hard in 2022 | DETAILS
World | December 22, 2022 13:42 ISTNatural calamities in 2022: The worst disasters of 2022 fell across the spectrum, from floods in India and Pakistan, to drought in Somalia and earthquakes in Indonesia.
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Yearender 2021: Natural calamities that hit the world hard | SEE PICS
World | December 30, 2021 15:09 ISTAs coronavirus pandemic raged on for the second year, a number of countries around the world battled a wave of extreme weather events from wildfire in California to floods in Australia.
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Agra administration all geared up to demolish locust invasion
News | May 25, 2020 8:33 ISTThe Agra administration is all geared up to demolish locust invasion in the district.
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Researchers invent telecommunication system to provide early warning on natural disasters
Science | February 05, 2020 10:19 ISTAmateur drones can last for around 30 minutes when flying over a large area but Duong's system will last three to five times longer than this and is not as expensive as a professional drone.
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UN report: India lost Rs 6 lakh crore to natural disasters in 20 years
India | October 11, 2018 9:58 ISTDuring the 20-year period (from 1998 to 2017), India was one of the top five countries to have reported absolute economic losses.
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Watch our special show on natural disasters
News | July 19, 2018 22:37 ISTWatch our special show on natural disasters
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90,000 Indians evacuated from war zones, natural disasters abroad: MEA
India | January 21, 2018 7:48 ISTAround 90,000 Indian nationals have been safely brought back from foreign conflict zones, countries affected by natural disasters and other challenging situations in the last few years.
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$140 bn lost in natural, man-made disasters in 2013: Report
World | March 27, 2014 9:55 ISTGeneva : Global natural catastrophes and man-made disasters had brought as much as $140 billion economic losses in 2013, according to the latest report released by Swiss Re Group Wednesday.The Zurich-based insurance company noted that
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Top 10 natural disasters that rocked India
India | June 17, 2015 13:49 ISTNew Delhi: Natural disasters also termed as ‘acts of God' have caused immense damage to life and property. It takes years to rehabilitate people.Droughts, floods, famines, earthquakes—India has been a victim to every form of
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Quake hits Japan
World | September 20, 2013 6:59 ISTTokyo: A strong earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, hit Japan's Fukushima Prefecture Friday, with strong tremors felt in the capital city.The temblor hit the prefecture at 2.25 a.m. (local time), Xinhua reported.In 2011,
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Slight intensity quake in Arunachal
India | September 10, 2013 7:46 ISTItanagar: A slight intensity earthquake jolted the West Kameng area of Arunachal Pradesh Tuesday evening, the Met department said.The quake, measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale, hit the area at 18:22 hours, it said.The epicentre
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Four killed, 12 missing in Colombia landslide
World | July 19, 2013 7:49 ISTBogota, July 19: At least four people died while 12 went missing after a landslide on a highway in southwest Colombia Thursday left several vehicles buried under mounds of dirt, officials said.Among the vehicles trapped
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Toll in China landslide rises to 43
World | July 14, 2013 6:25 ISTBeijing, July 14: The death toll in a landslide that occurred earlier this week in southwest China's Sichuan province has risen to 43, authorities said.The landslide occurred Wednesday in Sanxi village, Xinhua reported.Officials said 10
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Top 10 deadliest natural disasters of the world
World | July 11, 2014 7:51 ISTNew Delhi: As India is battling hard to save the pilgrims and tourists struck by flash flood in Uttarakhand, let's have a look at major natural disasters that have happened in the past. Normally,
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