#Embankments

Megnaa Mehtta

MMehtta

#CycloneAmphan cracked Sundarban's lifelines: embankments. Why are these vital? Thread Maybe we need to be more imaginative in how these lifelines and lives on the peripheries are reconstructed @moefcc @MamataOfficial

Nicholas Karn

karn_nicholas

Despite the grim weather, today's trip was to Wareham in Dorset to see the early medieval defences there. The earthworks don't photograph esp. well, but the most impressive element is

Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life

rajbhagatt

#Thread on Koshi and Bihar Floods:Though there are articles on Koshi River n flooding in Bihar, I prepared this thread to visually explain it!Image: Topography of #BiharDespite being far from

Economic & Political Weekly

epw_in

#EPWConversations: Today, Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman (@mirzalibra10) will be talking about his article "Infrastructuring Floods in the Brahmaputra River BasinHydrocracies, Hubris, Hazardscapes" from epw_in's handle. We invite you t

Sameer ^_^

Sameer_Prak

Floods Wash Over AssamEvery year the North-eastern state of Assam and its various districts are affected by the floods. This year, too, the heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

1/One thing that always strikes me when I travel around the US and Canada is the differences in road infrastructure design compared to Europe: the way topography or urban insertion

Milestone Rome

MilestoneRome

Interesting "facts" about vanished #Rome: a thread. #Romasparita #VanishedRome #meetRome #RomeisUs This is how it looked like the lost connection between #Rome and the Tiber before the building of the

Megnaa Mehtta

MMehtta

Dividing landscapes that are indivisible. Creating dissections and fixity in a forest that swells and shrivels with the ebbs and flows of twice-daily tides as @AratiKumarRao shows in her visual

Megnaa Mehtta

MMehtta

The sky is cloudy, it might rain again in the #Sundarbans post #CycloneAmphan. There is an URGENT need for 5k tarpaulins & food in Sagar, Namkhana, Patharpratima, Kultali, Gosaba &

Ishadrita Lahiri

ishadrita

THREAD: GROUND REPORT FROM NORTH 24 PARGANAS:This is Kalpana Bhunia. Her son is three years old. She lives in the Atpukur village of Minakhan. During #CycloneAmphan her husband died as

Megnaa Mehtta

MMehtta

Got through to 5 friends in the #Sundarbans, only Jio SIMs seem to be working, IF the @PMCares, provide immediate relief to blocks that have been severely hit by #CycloneAmphan

Eric Holthaus

EricHolthaus

Update on Cyclone Amphan:- The most powerful storm to threaten India & Bangladesh in 20 years- 10,000,000 affected – just in Bangladesh- 500,000 families now homeless – just in Bangladesh-

Gareth Dennis

GarethDennis

News-based aerial footage of the Stonehaven derailment has been focusing on the train and not on the track approaching the derailment... However, new footage from the @EveningExpress (https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/video-new

Noteworthy

noteworthy_ie

𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫 Serious flooding is affecting parts of Cork city centre this morning. But what about the planned Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme (LLFRS)? The Noteworthy team investigated these controversial plans

British Museum

britishmuseum

In this thread we’re taking a trip back to early 19th-century Japan and visiting Edo – modern-day Tokyo Discover the unmissable sights, the tastiest cuisine and the best places to

#ମୋ_ଡାକ୍ତର

drdeepak81

#WorldPolioDayIt was the month of October in 2010, when I landed in Patna to start a new #job. I was not at all excited, for #Bihar was actually a nightmare