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A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

Researchers have now pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood in a bid to better prepare for future catastrophic events. Listen to Story A vehicle that got washed away lies atop a ...

The 2023 Sikkim floods were triggered by landslides that were made more ... Also Read: Disasters triggered over half million internal displacements in India in 2023: Report Lead author Ashim Sattar, ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Dozens of counties in West Virginia were under a Flood Warning Friday as up to a few inches of rain fell across the region on top of melting snow. Flood-prone areas in ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy - and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean ...

This surge of water during a spring tide, no less, overwhelmed the Dutch flood defenses at the time. Almost 500 breaches were punched in flood-control dikes, allowing the North Sea to spill into ...

A GLOF in October 2023 has heavily silted the Teesta River, raising its bed and reducing its capacity, thus increasing flood risks for densely populated areas in Sikkim and Bengal. Immediate ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Too many homeowners think they don’t need flood insurance. Only about 27% of homeowners have it, according to the National ...

It may have then been refilled by the largest flooding event ever experienced ... potentially provide the most extensive look into the ancient megaflood known to date. “The Zanclean megaflood ...