2023 GLOF in Sikkim’s South Lhonak was a wake-up call: PK Mishra
Mishra underlined the need for working together across borders and disciplines to create a safer world and the importance of ...
Scientific American15h
Melting Glaciers Are Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage
Thawing ice, from the high peaks to the poles, is producing extraordinarily expensive floods, infrastructure damage and ...
Centre maps 100 glacial lakes, 47 'glof facing' dams
Following a devastating glacial lake outburst flood in Sikkim last year, India is intensifying efforts to map and address ...
WLWT24d
Moderate flooding is expected from a glacial dam outburst in Alaska's capital city
A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska's capital.Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above the city of Juneau. Since 2011 it has ...
PM Modi’S Principal Secretary Highlights Mitigating Risks Associated With Glacial Lakes
( MENAFN - IANS) New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday ...
waterpowermagazine.com2d
Teesta Dam failure: lessons in gate operation and dam safety
The Teesta Dam failure of 2023 serves as a crucial case study in dam safety, highlighting the role of hydro-mechanical ...
Need to mitigate risks linked with glacial lakes: Principal secy Mishra
P K Mishra, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday stressed the need for mitigating risks associated ...
The Cool Down on MSN11d
Danielle Lindoff discusses surviving historic Alaskan flooding: 'It was coming in like faucets through every doorway'
Danielle Lindoff and husband Kamal were prepared yet hopeful. The jökulhlaups — an Icelandic word for glacial lake outburst ...
The Pioneer2d
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. PK Mishra stresses need to mitigate glacial lake risks for safer communities
Mishra was speaking on the occasion of 4th Workshop of the Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction (CoDRR) on Strategies for GLOF (Glacial Lake Outburst Flood) Risk Reduction here today. Complimenting ...
Republic World on MSN11d
Himalayan glacial lakes saw 10.81% area expansion from 2011 to 2024: Report
Glacial lakes and other water bodies across the Himalayan region saw a 10.81% increase in area from 2011 to 2024 due to ...
India Today on MSN4d
India faces growing threat due to outburst of glacial lakes, says report
The trend of expanding glacial lakes is not limited to India; it is even more pronounced in neighboring China. Larger lakes ...