EnvironmentA long-studied glacial lake in Bhutan's Gasa district burst on 29 October, wrecking a hot springs site and roads to Laya, and raising questions about how hazard assessments turn into monitoring and alerts downstream.
EnvironmentThe money funds early warnings, cash before floods, livelihood protection and prepositioned supplies in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile until March 2027.
Farmers in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, sowed low-water crops on El Nino advice, then saw 90% more rain than normal drown their kharif harvest.
WorldChina is building a $168 billion hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) in Tibet, while a study in the China Science Bulletin says climate change may raise the river's flow and flood frequency, a risk for India and Bangladesh downstream.
EnvironmentDrought in Central America's Dry Corridor, crop failures in more than half of Sudan and floods along the Paraná show how this year's very strong El Niño is hitting farms, Euronews reports.
CropsThe money went straight into the bank accounts of 2,48,704 farmers under Bihar's Agriculture Input Grant Scheme, seven weeks after late-August floods and just before rabi sowing.
EnvironmentThe EU is developing a 'Sponge Facility' to spread nature-based designs that let cities soak up, hold and reuse rainwater, an approach China has made national policy since 2014.
EnvironmentDefences built after Thailand's 2011 floods steer water away from Bangkok and industrial zones, but riverside villages in Ayutthaya now flood above head height for months, and families pay to raise their homes.
EnvironmentAt the start of Flood Action Week the Environment Agency launched Flood Action Online, a single site for flood risk checks, warnings and Met Office alerts, as the UK government set a target of better flood protection for 200,000 properties by 2029.
VegetablesAbout 440 mm of rain in two days left growers on Crete's Lasithi Plateau estimating potato losses of 80 percent or more weeks before harvest; they held a sit-in for compensation on 11 October.
HealthDoctors and researchers tell Mongabay-India that extreme rain, heat and drought are changing when and where cholera, hepatitis, leptospirosis, dengue and malaria appear, while old drains and water systems amplify the risk.
CropsThe Assam government and the International Food Policy Research Institute have signed an MoU on evidence, policy and institutional support for crop diversification, flood adaptation, tea smallholders, fisheries and farmer producer organisations.
CropsThai agriculture ministry figures show floods since late August have hit 42 provinces, damaging 1.31 million rai of rice and leaving 3.89 million poultry dead or missing.
