Floods in Pakistan threaten food security, destroy important crops

13 Sep 2022 SERVIR-HKH

Pakistan floods threaten food security as critical crops destroyed

Flooding in dozens of districts in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces have destroyed wide swaths of agricultural land. The ...

16 May 2023 SERVIR-HKH

New fire risk system rolled out as forest fires up by 76.7 percent in Nepal

The fire outlook module provides a reliable and accurate nationwide assessment of potential fire dangers.

30 Mar 2022 SERVIR-HKH

BMD launches High Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today introduced the High Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) aiming to simulate extreme weather hazards and ...

28 Jun 2022 SERVIR-HKH

In May 2022, NASA data overwhelmed forecasts in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has a long history of deadly and costly storms. Among the most worrisome are the kalbaishakhi , small but powerful ...

21 Jun 2022 SERVIR-HKH

NASA, BMD partners to boost Bangladesh’s weather forecasting capabilities

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has introduced High Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) aiming to simulate extreme weather hazards and issue ...

6 Sep 2021 SERVIR-HKH

EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS SAVING LIVES DURING NEPAL’S MONSOON

or days leading up to the disaster, Mr. Harisaran Shrestha had been listening to warnings about floods in the Melamchi, ...

23 Apr 2022 SERVIR-HKH

बढ्यो वन क्षेत्र

काठमाडौँ — मुलुकमा वनको क्षेत्रफल (प्राकृतिक स्रोतले ढाकेको क्षेत्र) बढेको पाइएको छ । सन् २००० मा कुल वन क्षेत्र ३९.९९ ...

18 Sep 2020 SERVIR-HKH

Wildfires single biggest threat to tens of thousands of hectare forest cover

Recently, the department, in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, has developed the forest detection and monitoring ...