Individuals pay their respects at a makeshift memorial to victims of the Texas floods. In a surprising number of cases, the worst disasters strike in the middle of night. The deadly Texas floods ...

Our planet has been shaped by various human activities that have largely contributed to make Earth a better planet for survival. But some human activities are the reason for environmental disasters ...

Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. “He said there are children still stuck in the landslide, so he'll go and help them and come ...

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Off to camp. It’s an American summer classic. Children get to sleep in cabins and learn to canoe. And parents get a chance for a break of their own, expecting their loved ones are safe in rustic ...

More than 30 hours after the blaze began at Wang Fuk Court, there was still a sense that it is far from under control.

Volunteers with the humanitarian nonprofit Team Rubicon are accustomed to filling in the gaps of disaster recovery — they chainsaw downed trees after wildfires, muck out flooded homes and rebuild ...

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday described the ongoing extreme weather crisis as the worst natural disaster the ...