Tag Archives: Natural Disaster

• More than 1,600 die in India’s heaviest monsoon season for 25 years 1 October 2019 | Devjyot Ghoshal and Saurabh Sharma This post has no comments yet

  The heaviest monsoon rains to lash India in 25 years have killed more than 1,600 people since June, government data showed on Tuesday, as authorities battled floods in two northern states. ...

• Monsoon floods kill at least 100 in India, thousands evacuated 11 August 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Floods have killed at least 100 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across much of India with the southern state of Kerala worst hit, authorities said Saturday. ...

• Dalai Lama donates Rs 10 lakh for relief work to Cyclone Fani-affected Odisha 6 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has donated Rs 10 lakhs for restoration and relief work in areas affected by Cyclone Fani in Odisha. ...

• Cyclone Fani kills at least 12 in India before swiping Bangladesh 4 May 2019 | Jatindra Dash and Ruma Paul This post has no comments yet

  Cyclone Fani killed at least 12 people in Odisha, before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday where more than a million people have moved to safety. ...

• Department of Home budgets 573.5 million rupees for FY 2019-20 29 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  The Department of Home of the CTA will have a budget of 573.5 million rupees for fiscal year 2019-20. This department takes care of the welfare of exile Tibetans in 58 settlements. ...

• UN says major funding needed to help southern Africa after cyclone 21 March 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The United Nations said Wednesday it will be seeking a "large" amount of funding from member-states to help deal with the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Idai. ...

• Blizzards in Tibet kill thousands of herd animals 12 February 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Blizzards in Tibetan areas of western China have left thousands of head of livestock dead and roads covered in up to 45 centimeters (18 inches) of snow, state media reported Saturday. ...

• Deadliest wildfires in California’s history kill 50, 130,000 acres of land ravaged 14 November 2018 | Laurent Banguet This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of firefighters battled blazes in California, where at least 50 people have died from the raging wildfires, making them the deadliest fire disaster in the history of the US state. ...

• Death toll in Indonesia quake-tsunami tops 800 30 September 2018 | Harry Pearl This post has no comments yet

  The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia leapt to 832 Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi struggled to find food and water. ...

• Dobhi Tibetan settlement affected by flood; CTA yet to reach out 26 September 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  Life has been disrupted in the nothern Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir due to incessant rainfall over the past few days. ...