Page 2 - Disaster Deaths

Pakistan facing risk of fresh floods, more deaths as toll crosses 1,500

Although waters have started receding in some areas, authorities are worried heavy rains in parts of neighboring India could swell key rivers in Pakistan

Delhi: Kin of Covid victims to soon get Rs 50,000 more from disaster fund

Families that have lost loved ones to COVID-19 in Delhi will get a one-time ex gratia assistance of Rs 50,000 from the Delhi Disaster Response Fund (DDRF)

Uttarakhand disaster was caused by massive rock and ice avalanche: Study

February 7 disaster in Chamoli district, that resulted in over 200 dead or missing, was result of an avalanche that dropped about 27 mn cubic metres of rock and glacier ice from nearby Ronti Peak

11 killed in Tamil Nadu fireworks unit explosion; PM, CM express grief

At least 11 workers were killed and 36 injured when an explosion ripped through a fireworks factory near Sattur in this southern district in Tamil Nadu

Poor nations suffer most disaster deaths

The poorest nations paid the highest price in terms of the numbers killed per disaster