Disaster

Officials claimed on Thursday that flash floods blasted an area northeast of the capital Kabul, killing at least 40 people and leaving 150 more missings in northern Afghanistan. After torrential rains flooded the Kamdesh district in...

Meteorologists are concerned about unusually high rains in a series of countries throughout the world. China and India, who are neighbours, have shattered all three-day rainfall records. Hundreds of millions of people remain trapped. This month...

Local officials announced Tuesday that the death toll from the disastrous floods in Germany has risen to 169, bringing the overall number of deaths in Europe to at least 200. Emergency services spokesperson Aaron Klein told...

Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her horror at the “surreal” devastation in the flood-ravaged western German area on Sunday, as the death toll in Germany and Belgium surpassed 190, with dozens more still missing. The senior leader...

Heavy flooding turned streams and streets into roaring torrents, sweeping away cars and forcing buildings to collapse in Germany and neighbouring Belgium, killing more than 20 people and leaving scores more missing. Storms in western Europe...

At least one person has died as a result of record-breaking cold winters combined with flash floods. On Thursday, Australians in the east of the country awakened to violent and icy winter conditions, with flash flooding...

Tropical Storm Elsa is headed north towards the Florida Keys after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean. Before Elsa slammed Cuba on Monday, more than 100,000 people were evacuated because of mudslides and “flooding rains.” The storm...

Twenty people are missing in central Japan after a huge landslide hit Atami city following heavy rainfall. Video on social media showed a torrent of black mud plummeting down from a mountain top and on through...

Five people died in a hot air balloon accident in Albuquerque, in the southwestern United States, the city’s police announced on Saturday. The accident caused power outages in the area for several hours after the balloon...

The death toll from the partial collapse of a Florida high-rise apartment building rose to five on Saturday as officials continued to hold out hope for survivors, following the release of an engineering report from three...