Bengaluru: Amid intensifying pre-monsoon activity across Karnataka, lightning is emerging as the state's deadliest natural hazard, claiming more lives than many other disasters combined and raising ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Air pollution — especially from transboundary dust and sulfate particles — is intensifying lightning activity in Bangladesh, particularly during ...

As part of its initiative to minimise loss of life caused by natural disasters, Uttar Pradesh government is installing ...

Lightning-induced wildfires are severe natural disasters. However, because of the regionality and random nature of lightning, there is still an incomplete understanding within the scientific community ...

Lightning strikes have killed 237 people and injured 908 across Nepal over the past four years, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). From July 17, 2021 ...

Bhubaneswar: Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Thursday inaugurated a national workshop on lightning ...

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu has said the government is working to modernise existing national policies and introduce advanced technological measures at the field level to ...

Indian Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, told the Parliament earlier this month that heatwaves and lightning have officially been recognised as natural calamities ...

Relentless rain, landslides and torrents of upstream water killed at least 44 people in Bangladesh in July, affecting ...

Air pollution — especially from transboundary dust and sulfate particles — is intensifying lightning activity in Bangladesh, particularly during the pre-monsoon season. Studies show that these ...

Bangladesh, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, is witnessing a troubling rise in lightning-related deaths. Scientists point to a strong link between increased lightning activity and ...