Around 20 people have been killed and 300 injured in the recent 5.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Indonesia. The earthquake jolted the main Island of Java on Monday, 21 November 2022. The epicenter of the earthquake was located in a town named Cianjur in West
Days after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on September 28 and carved a path of destruction from there to Virginia and the Carolinas. This powerful Category 4 storm is said to be the worst hurricane in Florida’s history. With maximum sustained winds of 150
In May 2021, the devastating Cyclone Tauktae hit Gujarat’s Gir National Park and uprooted more than 3.5 million trees in the region. After that, the state forest department did various surveys on the area. Some experts also say that this is a sign of hope
The holy pilgrimage to Amarnath cave started on June 30. But a natural disaster transpired in the form of a cloud burst on July 8, triggering a flash flood in Amarnath, that has around 15,000 pilgrims stranded near the cave in Jammu and Kashmir. While
Seventy-one people and five animals have lost their lives in floods that have washed away roads and submerged districts and jungles with the same fury in the Indian state of Assam. Nearly 160 people are dead and over 55 lakh people have been affected by
People in India and Bangladesh were already facing the troubling intense heatwave. But now deadly floods have brought extreme misery to both countries. Following extreme heatwaves since March, heavy rainfall has washed away many villages, train stations, towns, and buildings in these countries. Now millions
The sun is again shining in Durban but the devastation caused by the floods is still present. Last week’s catastrophic flooding in the eastern city of Durban and neighboring KwaZulu-Natal province destroyed 4,000 homes. The prolonged rainfall that lead to Durban floods also displaced around
On January 15, an undersea volcano about 40 miles north of Tonga’s main island suddenly erupted. It spewed ash, gas and steam over 12 miles into the air, creating a cloud of sulfur dioxide over the region. The eruption sent particles drifting across the island
Weather events, associated with rapidly changing climate have brought misery to millions around the world in 2021. Even though the doom is staring us right in the face, we choose to turn a blind eye and go about on our path of destruction with a
On December 4, 2021, the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java erupted, covering several villages with hot spewing ash. The sudden Indonesia volcanic eruption was followed by a thunderstorm that spread lava and blazing debris across a wide region, burying entire