Savar Upazila in Bangladesh has been declared a “degraded airshed,” marking the country’s first initiative of its kind to address air pollution. Experts have called for coordinated action to tackle the crisis.| Global Voices
Devastating flash floods triggered by cloud burst and glacier lake outburst (GLOF) have killed over 800 people across Pakistan in recent weeks, with entire villages swept away and thousands displaced.| Global Voices
“Calm on the surface, paddling furiously underneath.” Back in 2009, when I wrote my first article on wildlife tunnels in an outer suburb of Boston, I figured this might be the first of many features about animal accommodations—slight modifications to the infrastructure that better integrate the human-built environment with the natural world so that animals ...Read more... The post Animal accommodations: in the Reflecting Pool, everything is (fiscally) ducky. appeared first on American...| American Dirt.
“We weren’t refugees. We were Americans. But to the world, we were treated like we didn’t belong.” — Ricky Fountain, Katrina survivor now living in Arkansas Twenty years ago today, Hurricane Katrina did more than flood a city; it... The post What we learned from Hurricane Katrina appeared first on Baptist News Global.| Baptist News Global
When I met Marissa Davis in 2017, she was a baby poet. She will admit this herself. She’d just graduated from Vanderbilt University and was spending her June as a summer fellow at the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets. I got my chance to hear her read for the first time in one of those […] The post A Poetry Collection That Imagines a World Beyond Empire appeared first on Electric Literature.| Electric Literature
Interestingly only on Aug 18, villagers had organized a large gathering (Maha Panchayat) in Ghudasi village against raising of Surwal dam’s height from 11 to 15 feet without consultation and compensation. The villagers stated that increasing of the dam’s height has been submerging farmlands of dozens of upstream villages. They demanded reducing dam’s height back to 11 feet. They warned if the demand is not met, they would intensify the protest.| SANDRP
A flash flood in Kupara khad on the intervening night of June 28-29, 2025 had first partially blocked the flows of Yamuna River at the same location. About 9 workers had gone missing due to ‘cloudburst’ induced flash flood on that night at Silai Bend about 5 km downstream of Syana Chatti.| SANDRP
Indeed, the Nayar rivers are among the few still free flowing rivers in Ganga basin. The forest fed tributaries perennially feeding the National River also habitats endangered Mahseer fish species. However, now these back-to-back lake projects will dam and degrade the wild streams and cause significant damage to their aquatic diversity.| SANDRP
Reading Time: 4minutes Exotic animal farm loses beloved camel and pony to huge hail storm that gripped the Brooks, Alta. area as a community member starts a fundraiser to help the family recover from the financial and emotional damage. The post Volunteers help exotic animal farm rebuild appeared first on Alberta Farmer Express.| Alberta Farmer ExpressLatest News Stories - Alberta Farmer Express
Today in 1955, torrential rains from Hurricane Diane — the second hurricane to hit Connecticut in five days — wreaked flood-borne death and devastation across the state. After Hurricane Connie dumped six inches of water on Connecticut earlier in the week, the 14 – 20 additional inches of rain from Diane proved too much... Read More| Today in Connecticut History
“There is a general agreement that the Y2K transition went more smoothly than any of us would have imagined. In fact, as noted in the week since the rollover, some … Continue reading →| LibrarianShipwreck
A fast, enjoyable read with a few gut punches hidden throughout. Not so much about the moon turning into cheese as how lots of different people *react* to the moon turning into cheese.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
By Meg Wilcox The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed on Friday a plan to eliminate its science research arm in a move critics say will| The New Lede
From More In My Basket Our North Carolina communities are resilient, and as hurricane season ramps up, it’s important to equip ourselves with tools that support financial stability and peace of mind. . Here are five thoughtful budgeting tips to help you reduce storm-related financial stress. Tip 1: Build an emergency fund Creating a dedicated emergency fund is ...| orange.ces.ncsu.edu
There are many times when ALAN’s team members seem to have a total mind meld – except of course when we don’t. Such was the case a couple of years ago when we were trying to decide what tchotchke to give out at an annual conference. One team member (who freely admits to being kind […] The post Any Way The Cookie Crumbles appeared first on American Logistics Aid Network.| American Logistics Aid Network
It’s hard to believe. But it’s already time for one of ALAN’s favorite holidays. We’re talking, of course, about ALANtine’s Day, that special time of year when we take a moment to show some extra love for our extraordinary in-kind supporters. As always, instead of sending flowers or candy, we’d like to give you something […] The post How Do We Love Our In-Kind Supporters? Let Us Count The Ways appeared first on American Logistics Aid Network.| American Logistics Aid Network
By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell ~ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Democrats who are politicizing the Texas floods that have killed at least 89 people are “depraved and despicable.”…| PA Pundits International
The deluge has significantly damaged the private and public infrastructures along a 25 km stretch of Sainj and Larji area. Three people from Rehla Bihal village went missing after being washed away…| SANDRP
Several people required medical treatment.| PetaPixel
What Happened to Flight 171? Engines, Flaps, and a Reminder on Perspective.| AskThePilot.com
The Karnah project has a long history of setbacks and delays. In the beginning, it was a 2 Mw small hydroelectric (SHEP) project commissioned in 1991 on Owari Nag near the actual line of control in…| SANDRP
This shows once again, that NHAI or the Ministry of Road Transport has no confidence inspiring system to firstly ensure that projects have adequate drainage component so that not only the road sust…| SANDRP
In scathing criticism of the government, the insider also said that for two decades Gujarat has NOT been releasing the annual figures of area irrigated in different taluka/s districts using Narmada…| SANDRP
On warm days, rails in direct sunshine can be as much as 20 degrees centigrade above air temperature. As rails are made out of steel, they expand as they heat … Continue reading →|
In October 28, 1995, an electrical failure led to a fire on one of the trains in Baku’s Metro. The electrical failure caused a fire in the fourth of five … Continue reading →|
On March 24, 2014, a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) passenger train overran the bumper at O’Hare subway station, injuring 34 people. The cause is under investigation. The front car of … Continue reading →|
A derailment is said to take place when a vehicle (for example a train) runs off its rails. This does not necessarily mean that it leaves its track. Although many … Continue reading →|
The 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, also known as the Once Tragedy, occurred on 22 February 2012, when a train crashed at Once Station in the Balvanera neighbourhood of Buenos … Continue reading →|
The Santiago de Compostela rail disaster occurred on 24 July 2013, when an Alvia high-speed train travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, in the north-west of Spain, derailed at high speed … Continue reading →|
Location: Daegu, South Korea Fire Event: 18 February 2003 A subway train was set on fire with gasoline, destroying two trains and causing large casualties of 192 deaths and 148 injuries at … Continue reading →|
Classification of railway accidents, both in terms of cause and effect, is a valuable aid in studying rail (and other) accidents to help to prevent similar ones occurring in future. … Continue reading →|
The Kaprun disaster was a fire that occurred in an ascending railway car in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn 2 railway in Kaprun, Austria, on 11 November 2000. The disaster … Continue reading →|
August 23rd, 2024-In the wake of Tropical Storm Debby, many individuals throughout the tobacco supply chain have asked what the impact will be moving forward. While it is too … Continue Reading| Tobacco Growers Information News - NC State Extension
The 2024 growing season continues to present challenges, this time in the form of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Debby.This is a rather interesting (and concerning) system because i … Continue Reading| Tobacco Growers Information News - NC State Extension
Picking up the pieces after a natural or man-made disaster can be difficult for all consumers. It can be particularly challenging for tenants and landlords. What happens to a lease…| Los Angeles County Department of Consumer & Business Affairs
The ‘cloudburst’ incidents have been reported from all geographical areas of the state spanning 8 districts throughout the season beginning with May 12 in Gharshu village of Kinnaur to September 26…| SANDRP
On Jan. 7, 2025, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared local emergencies because of the Palisades Fire, which is burning in the areas of Pacific Palisades and other communities in the western portion of Los Angeles County, and the Eaton Fire, which is burning in Altadena, Pasadena, and neighboring communities.| Consumer & Business
The following memorandum signed by 290 persons from Kalimpong, | Visions of Hell
A woman washes the money she recovered while scavenging for lost property in a flood affected area of Rangpo (Sikkim) on 06Oct2023 - photo credit Praveen| Visions of Hell
While we (Junkeri Studio with SaveTheHills) have featured this area as a part of numerous surveys of GLOF affected areas done in Oct2023, both of us visited the Krishnagram area of Teesta bazar again between 21-22July2024.| Visions of Hell
The problems faced by people along the Duhnoi River along Assam Meghalaya border are typical of the problems faced by millions all over the country, the manifestations and their intensity may be so…| SANDRP
This week there is some interesting news about a number of Urban rivers including Pune Rivers, Musi (Hyderabad), Chennai Rivers, Budha Dariya (Ludhiana), Gomti (Lucknow). All the news underlines so…| SANDRP
[We publish here a new pamphlet, from our comrades in Barbaria, about the recent floods in Spain that have killed over 200 people and caused injury to many more. It can also be found here in English, Spanish, Russian, Catalan, and French.] By now, we know the story well. The hundreds of dead and missing […]| League of Internationalist Communists
About 100 attendees of a quinceañera had to flee to the rooftops when flash flood waters swept into the Roswell Convention and Civic Center.| Source New Mexico
(Feature Image: File photo of Yettinahole Project. Source: Daijiworld) The Yettinahole project has seen protests and question marks right from the time when the project was proposed, none of them h…| SANDRP
In addition to posing safety threats to Prakasam barrage and downstream people, these incidents suggest that the sand mining rules are being clearly violated in the Andhra Pradesh. About 150 trucks…| SANDRP
Glacial lake outbursts and debris flows will be more destructive and frequent in Nepal in the near future, highlighting the amplified risks of mountain living due to climate change.| Global Voices
Everyone makes mistakes, but some mistakes are much bigger than others. For these people their mix-ups weren’t just embarrassing, they were deadly.| Historic Mysteries
In the wake of Tropical Storm Debby, several dams in SE Georgia gave way, over 100 roads were damaged—and several local churches got to work| The Roys Report
As the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) expresses its sympathies and condolences to the families of fatalities of those killed in the latest floodings in the Davao region, the farmers group s…| updates from the peasant movement of the Philippines
We think of crowdfunding as a modern phenomenon. When a family loses everything due to a fire in their home just before Christmas, thousands of people respond to an appeal by their friends on the internet, donating toys, clothes and money. One family were so overwhelmed by the response that they were able to donate … Continue reading Crowdfunding before the internet» The post Crowdfunding before the internet appeared first on A Parcel of Ribbons.| A Parcel of Ribbons
by Burç Köstem It has been nearly two months since February 6th, when two consecutive earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.7 magnitudes originating in the towns of Maraş and Antep took place. The earthquake has had a devastating effect across a large geographical area near the Turkish-Syrian border, that spans the historic lands of Kurdistan and| Uneven Earth - Where the ecological meets the political
Jacob Neiheisel (SUNY-Buffalo) and Paul A. Djupe (Denison University) The world is beset by demons; warfare in the spirit realm is unfolding in ways that resonate with the Book of Revelation presag…| Religion in Public