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A new study has showed that between the Ganga and Brahmaputra basins, the Brahmaputra showed greater vulnerability to floods resulting from flood protection structures.

Pastoralists and agropastoralists in Ethiopia have long used traditional knowledge and weather forecasting for preparedness and drought. A new study suggests innovative strategies combined with these traditional techniques can offer them a lifeline.

Now Bangkok is turning to nature to help fight the floods. Voraakhom is among a group of landscape architects helping to launch urban forests throughout the city

A recent study finds that heat waves over southwest India are influenced by major climatic modes, including El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD).

Brazil recognized an additional two Indigenous territories belonging to the Karajá peoples in Mato Grosso. This act alone could possibly be the best investment not just for Indigenous rights, but for securing the future climate stability of the state.

Climate change is exacerbating child mortality in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh, prompting mothers to have larger families as a response to the fear of losing children to disasters.

When disasters strike, social media gets flooded with images, warnings and calls for help. Many of the posts are sources for relevant information from disaster sites and the data can help understand the progression and aftermath of a disaster.

The Asian region experienced a total of 81 natural hazard events last year, according to the WMO’s Emergency Events Database, of which over 83% were flood and storm events.