floods

The Urban Decay Is Now Real

Suhel Seth

Why cities cave in because of one heavy monsoon

Lessons from Wayanad

Ullekh NP

Accepting errors and choosing smarter measures alone can save nature and human lives

Kerala’s Fishing Community: In Deep Waters

Shahina KK

Kerala’s fishing community, the first to volunteer for rescue and relief operations during floods, is plagued by social and economic marginalisation

The Economics of Floods

Siddharth Singh

The damage to public utilities and infrastructure has been on the rise

Kerala Floods: Death toll rises to 83, rescue operation underway

Shahina KK

20 bodies have been recovered in Kavalappara. Villagers say at least 65 people have gone missing after half of a hill came down

Kerala floods: Forebodings in India’s Ancient Texts

Lakshmi Bayi

Our ancient sages were so much in tune with Prakriti that they came to predict—and prepare—for the vagaries in nature

Ecological Lessons

S Gopikrishna Warrier

It's time for introspection

The River Never Forgets

MG Radhakrishnan

We ignored the warnings of both history and geography

Horror and Heroism

Shahina KK

Coping with the worst tragedy in memory

When the monster rains came, like any other place faced with the sudden ferocity of nature, Kerala was not prepared, and as the water level rose to fatal heights there were not enough streets or shelters left for the displaced and the dying to keep them safe. The water has begun to recede, but not the woes of a shattered people