A villager rows a boat as he carries his family to a safer place in a flood affected area in Morigaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, July 3, 2024. (Str/Xinhua) Villagers row a boat near a submerged house at the flood affected area in Morigaon district of India's nor...
Last updated onApril 12, 2024byClearIAS Team India is one of the worst flood-affected nations in the world. The frequency of urban floods due to high-intensity rainfall is increasing over the years. Flood management and flood governance are in the news often. In this post, let’s analyse...
The chief objective is to address India’s regional inequity in water availability: 174 billion cubic meters of water is proposed to be transported across river basins, from potentially water-surplus to water-deficit areas. The project is presented by the Indian government as the only realistic ...
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2024 Gowdagere Siddaramaiah Dwarakish et al., published by Sciendo.Flooding in urban areas is increasingly becoming a global challenge, driven by extreme rainfall events and the vulnerability or resilience of affected regions. This urban flood disaster not only threatens societal security but also ...
In subtropical regions like India, intense monsoon rainfall primarily causes floods. This study aims to analyze the climatic factors contributing to flood occurrence in the Middle Ganga Plain (MGP) by examining meteorological parameters through various analyses, including monthly and yearly trends, ...
A robust ensemble of hybrid and bivariate statistical models for flood prediction mapping in Lower Damodar River Basin of India. Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2024, 3(4): 100312. DOI:10.1016/j.geogeo.2024.100312 2. Kader, Z., Islam, M.R., Aziz, M.T. et al. GIS and AHP-based flood...
The Thamirabarani river basin (TRB) in Tamil Nadu, India, is increasingly vulnerable to flooding, especially during the northeast monsoon. The present study identifies flood risk zones in the TRB using decadal average rainfall (2000–2023), annual average rainfall for 2023, and rainfall trends at...
Flood Victims Take to Social Media as Rains Cause Chaos in India's Gurugram More Reuters A man got stuck on his bike in a flooded street after heavy rains in Gurugram, India, August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Heavy rains...
Samantaray D, Chatterjee C, Singh R et al (2015) Flood risk modeling for optimal rice planning for delta region of Mahanadi River basin in India. Nat Hazards 76(1):347–372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-014-1493-9 Article Google Scholar Tomar P, Singh SK, Kanga S et al (2021...