The study underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and early warning systems against GLOFs, the sudden release ...

Crucially, the study found no evidence of a “triggering cloudburst event” in the vicinity of the lake. The Sikkim government ...

Proposal documents and the minutes of the January 10 meeting showed that one of the key concerns of the Environment ...

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground ...

Researchers have now pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood in a bid to better prepare for future catastrophic events.

“And it took time to set before we could begin the draining.” We have now become capaable of reducing the water level by 3.5 metres within five months and saved downstream villages from the danger of ...

The Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) is formulating an action plan to thoroughly study and monitor glacial lakes across the state. A recent meeting, chaired by Disaster ...

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.

Thirteen glacier lakes have been identified in Uttarakhand, out of which five are in category-A or highly sensitive category The Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) has decided ...

A Newcastle University student has contributed to a major international study which has identified the exact causes and drivers of the catastrophic 2023 Sikkim flood in India.

The goal is to produce tools that can better predict future outburst floods at Juneau's landmark glacier and elsewhere.