India — Natural Disaster Report
Asia · Live status: Critical (124 active events)
Current situation: 124 natural disaster events are currently monitored in India, with a worst severity of Extreme. Details, sources and timestamps are listed below.
India faces almost every category of natural hazard because of its size and geography. The Himalayan belt in the north is seismically active, and the 2001 Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat showed that destructive quakes also strike far from that belt. The southwest monsoon delivers most of the country's rainfall between June and September, and its variability drives both catastrophic flooding in Assam, Bihar and Kerala and severe drought elsewhere in the same year. Both coasts face tropical cyclones, with the Bay of Bengal historically producing the deadliest storms in world history because of its shallow, funnel-shaped shelf and densely populated delta. Heatwaves across the northern plains have become a major cause of death, and hill states such as Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh face landslides and glacial lake outburst floods during heavy rain.
Live map — India
Loading live data… · Marker positions are approximate; severity is labelled in each popup. Sources: USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, NOAA/NWS, EMSC.
Active alerts & recent events
Latest earthquakes
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By hazard in India
Each of these has its own page: recent activity, the season it happens in, past events and what to do.
- Earthquakes in India
- Extreme Weather in India
- Floods in India
- Heatwaves in India
- Heavy Rains in India
- Hurricanes in India
- Severe Storms in India
- Wildfires in India
Risk profile
Southwest monsoon flooding June-September. Bay of Bengal cyclones April-May and October-December; Arabian Sea cyclones May-June and October-November. Heatwaves March-June across the northern plains. Landslides in the Himalayan states during the monsoon. Earthquakes year-round in the Himalayan belt and Gujarat.
Official emergency authorities
In season now in India
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North-east monsoon
— October to December
Tamil Nadu and the south-east coast. A separate season, not the tail of the other one. -
Cyclones (post-monsoon)
— October to December
The heavier of the two windows on the east coast.
Seasons describe when a hazard is historically most likely, averaged over many years. They are not a forecast and say nothing about this week.
Hazard seasons
| Season | Months | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| South-west monsoon | June to September | The main monsoon for most of the country. |
| North-east monsoon · now | October to December | Tamil Nadu and the south-east coast. A separate season, not the tail of the other one. |
| Pre-monsoon heat | April to June | Peaks across the northern plains before the monsoon breaks. |
| Cyclones (pre-monsoon) | April to June | Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. |
| Cyclones (post-monsoon) · now | October to December | The heavier of the two windows on the east coast. |
Disaster displacement in India
672,101 internal displacements
Largest single event: 116,000 from storm, beginning 25 October 2025.
A displacement is a movement, not a person: somebody forced from home more than once in a year is counted more than once. These are movements caused by disasters only — displacement caused by conflict is counted separately and is not included here.
| Hazard | Displacements in 2025 |
|---|---|
| Flood | 471,556 |
| Storm | 120,475 |
| Erosion | 80,000 |
| Mass Movement | 70 |
| Year | Displacements |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 672,101 |
| 2024 | 5,431,168 |
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Global Internal Displacement Database. IDMC publishes annually, so the latest year here is the latest they have finalised — not the current one.
River flood forecast — India
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: as currently ongoing · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
A 3% chance of exceeding its 2-year flood flow; 1% for the 5-year.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: in 7 days (on 2026-10-26) · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: as currently ongoing · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: as currently ongoing · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: in 11-14 days (on 2026-11-02) · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: in 11-14 days (on 2026-11-02) · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: in 11-14 days (on 2026-10-30) · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: as currently ongoing · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
GloFAS forecasts are computer model output, published for information only. They are not a flood warning: only national and regional authorities issue flood warnings for their own area. A reporting point is a place on the model's river network, which may sit a few kilometres from the town it is named after. All 259 rivers →
Emergency numbers — India
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112 — National emergency number
The Emergency Response Support System, deployed by the Ministry of Home Affairs in every State and Union Territory. Reaches police, fire, health and disaster services.
Last checked 4 September 2026. Numbers change and some are provincial rather than national. If one does not connect, use the authorities listed above.
What this site sees in India
The India Meteorological Department issues cyclone, heat and rainfall warnings for India, and the Central Water Commission issues flood forecasts. This site ingests neither. Earthquakes are well covered here because USGS and EMSC are global; official Indian warnings are not on this page at all.
| Source | Events here, last 12 months | What it will not tell you |
|---|---|---|
| WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) | 4,496 | Each warning comes from one country own alerting authority, so the scale is that agency scale and is not comparable between countries. Many agencies publish no coordinates, and those warnings are placed at the centre of the country rather than where the weather is - the area name is the real answer. |
| European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre | 29 | Global for earthquakes, with the best coverage in Europe and the Mediterranean. It publishes nothing about any other hazard. |
| NASA FIRMS | 26 | Global, but it sees only what the satellite saw on its pass, and thick cloud hides fire. A quiet day here is not evidence that nothing burned. |
| GDACS (European Commission / United Nations) | 4 | Global, but deliberately selective: it alerts on disasters likely to need INTERNATIONAL response. Serious local flooding that a national agency handles alone will not appear here. |
| US Geological Survey | 3 | Global for earthquakes above roughly M4.5, and denser where there are more seismometers. It publishes nothing about any other hazard. |
| NASA EONET | 1 | Global and curated rather than automatic, so it is slower than the raw feeds and carries far fewer events. |
| ReliefWeb (UN OCHA) | 1 | Global, but it reports on humanitarian RESPONSE. It arrives days after an event rather than during it, and never functions as a warning. |
| MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) | none | Europe only. It publishes no coordinates at all, so every warning here is placed at the centre of its country and the area name is the only reliable indication of where it applies. |
| NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers | none | These two centres warn for the US and Canadian coasts and for the Pacific and Caribbean basins. The Indian Ocean and Mediterranean have their own warning centres, which are not read here. Their routine information statements - the ones that say there is NO tsunami danger - are deliberately not imported, so an empty tsunami list means no threat was issued, not that nothing was checked. |
| NOAA National Hurricane Center | none | The Atlantic and the eastern and central Pacific only. No typhoon in the western Pacific and no cyclone in the Indian Ocean or the southern hemisphere appears here; those come from GDACS and from national services. |
Not applicable here: US National Weather Service — Covers the United States only. It publishes nothing about any other country, so its absence from a country page is not an outage. ; USGS Volcano Hazards Program — United States volcanoes only - Alaska, Hawaii, the Cascades, Yellowstone, California and the Northern Mariana Islands. It says nothing about Indonesia, Iceland, Italy or anywhere else, so its silence about a foreign eruption is not a judgement about that eruption.
Frequently asked questions
What natural disasters are currently active in India?
There are currently 124 monitored natural disaster events in India. The overall risk status is Critical. See the live list on this page for details and sources.
What natural hazards does India face?
India faces almost every category of natural hazard because of its size and geography. The Himalayan belt in the north is seismically active, and the 2001 Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat showed that destructive quakes also strike far from that belt.
When is the main natural disaster season in India?
Southwest monsoon flooding June-September. Bay of Bengal cyclones April-May and October-December; Arabian Sea cyclones May-June and October-November. Heatwaves March-June across the northern plains. Landslides in the Himalayan states during the monsoon. Earthquakes year-round in the Himalayan belt and Gujarat. Seasons shift from year to year; treat these as the usual pattern, not a forecast.
Which official agency issues disaster warnings in India?
Official warnings for India are issued by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA India) and India Meteorological Department. Links to each are on this page. This site aggregates and reports; it does not issue warnings, and in an emergency the national agency is the authority.
Where does this disaster data for India come from?
Data is aggregated from official sources including USGS, GDACS (EC/UN), NASA EONET, ReliefWeb and national agencies. Every event links to its original source, and update times are shown on each record.
Data sources: USGS, GDACS (EC/UN), NASA EONET, NOAA/NWS, EMSC, ReliefWeb (UN OCHA). See data sources & attribution and methodology. This page does not replace official emergency guidance.