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After the fall of a Florida condo, some residents confront their future on the coast Jenny Jarvie © Provided by The LA Times Rescue workers work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., on June 25, 2021. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press) Sitting on his balcony, watching palm trees sway in front of the turquoise blue of the Atlantic Ocean, Christian Ginman could no longer just enjoy the view. He kept thinking about the collapse of the Champlain Towers South less than a week ago, and how the building fell without warning in the middle of the night, 13 fl...

More Coverage The cause of the Champlain’s sudden and spectacular fall Thursday remained undetermined. Some engineering experts say the collapse may have been due to a rare confluence of structural deficiencies and lack of maintenance in a coastal area where buildings are particularly vulnerable to corrosion from saltwater and salt air. For many who live in Surfside, the disaster has fueled anxiety about the challenges of maintaining local residential buildings. A string of mid-rise and high-rise condos — some decades old, others brand new — loom over the Atlantic shoreline sitting on a...

Building experts are looking at the possibility of sea-level rise due to climate change as contributing factor in the Florida condo collapse.

Laungi Manjhi digs up a canal single-handedly to stop migration from his drought-prone village. | Rohin Kumar Fourteen out of 50 districts most vulnerable to climate change in India are in Bihar, according to a latest study, “Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India Using a Common Framework”. The study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi and IIT Guwahati in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru identifies the most vulnerable states and districts of India with respect to current climate risks and finds Bihar, Jh...

It is a matter of concern that of the eight states in India which are found to be highly vulnerable to climate change three states-Assam, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh - are from the Northeast