Water-Related Disasters: Challenges and Mitigation - India Water Portal

Disasters (Climate Change)

Floods are changing in India, and we need to be prepared

Are India’s floods getting smaller or stronger? Surprising trends in river behaviour explained

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

28 Jun 2025

5 min read

Damaged by cyclone (Image: Yezdani Rahman)

When summer brings cyclones: Lessons the subcontinent can’t ignore

26 May 2025

5 min read

Planting mangroves to protect the coastline: A community-driven approach to climate adaptation (Image: SEEDS)

Vetiver grass, mangroves, and ponds: Fighting erosion and climate change in the Sundarbans

26 Feb 2025

6 min read

Aftermath of a 2022 landslide on Nedumpoil ghat road in Kerala

Kerala launches an advanced weather alert system to cope with disasters

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

05 Feb 2025

5 min read

Glacial lake flood threat in the Himalayas (Image: Flickr Commons, MattW, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

GLOFs: Sikkim's ticking time bomb

Saurabh Kaushik

03 Feb 2025

5 min read

The mighty Himalayas

A regional disaster risk reduction hub for the Himalayas inaugurated

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

16 Jan 2025

5 min read

Extreme rainfall in Trivandrum, Kerala

Community based forecasting systems initiated to deal with extreme events in Kerala

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

22 Dec 2024

6 min read

The trail of destruction after cyclone Phailin in Odisha on October 15, 2013 (Image: EU/ECHO, Samuel Marie Fanon; Flickr Commons, CC BY-ND 2.0)

Odisha's struggle and triumph: The cyclone story

Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)

12 Nov 2024

4 min read

Rivers in the sky can cause extreme flooding in India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Can India rise above the flood fury?

03 Oct 2024

5 min read

Dhangars of Maharashtra (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Dhangars, traditional pastoralists of Maharashtra demand dedicated grazing lands

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

06 Sep 2024

4 min read

A newly constructed KT Weir on Bobhati River near Hadgav Project Village (Image: Yuva Gram)

Youth power: Rescuing villages from the thirst

India Water Partnership

19 Aug 2024

5 min read

A dried borewell in Punjab (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Dry summer monsoons drain groundwater and strain India's food basket

13 Aug 2024

4 min read

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