Tag: Natural disasters
A Lethargic State Apparatus & Poor Disaster Management are Allowing Lightening to Claim Hundreds...
More than 100 people lost their lives due to lightening in Bihar this month, with a delayed and ill-equipped disaster management apparatus, is Bihar destined to fall victim to such disasters again and again?
Increasing Threat from Lightning Strikes
As many as 110 persons died in a series of lightning strikes in Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh on this day.
Hurricane season not only brings destruction and death but rising inequality too
ECONOMY
In a study two sociologist found that populations that are privileged in terms of education, race or homeownership gain wealth in the aftermath of natural disasters, exacerbating already wide economic inequities.
Junia Howell
