Disaster

The August floods had a significant impact on the nation’s cattle and fisheries industries, with a total loss of Taka 2,327 crore. “The devastating floods during the month of August caused a huge loss in agriculture...

According to government monitors on Tuesday, the illicit burning of agricultural fields in northern India hit a record high this season, contributing to a poisonous fog that is strangling millions of people, including in the capital...

In the storm-ravaged northern Philippines, rivers overflowed Tuesday after heavy rain and a dam breach, swamping thousands of homes with floodwaters up to four meters high. Over the weekend, Typhoon Man-yi flooded large areas of the...

 The lawsuit seeks emotional and psychological harm in addition to unspecified damages for unpaid contractual obligations. The action, according to Aficionado’s lawyer William Reed, is an attempt “to force Ye to learn that this conduct has...

The residents of 2,500 villages were ordered to evacuate their homes as Severe Tropical Storm Toraji approached the northern Philippines, the government said Sunday, after three massive cyclones battered the country in less than a month....

At least 130 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire raging outside Los Angeles, as a break in the weather Friday gave firefighters a chance to tame the blaze. Hurricane-strength winds this week fueled an explosion...

Days after it killed nine people and displaced hundreds of residents, a volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted once more on Saturday, blasting a massive ash tower nine kilometres (more than five miles) into the sky. On...

Numerous homes have already been destroyed by the rapidly spreading flames, and thousands of residents were asked to evacuate a wildfire that was out of control and blazing near Los Angeles on Thursday. New areas were...

Some 93 people are listed as missing after devastating floods ravaged southeastern Spain over a week ago, killing more than 200, regional judicial authorities in Valencia said on Wednesday. Valencia’s superior court of justice had on...

India’s capital New Delhi was wreathed in poisonous smog Friday, with air pollution worsening after a fireworks ban was widely flouted for raucous celebrations for the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali. New Delhi’s traffic-clogged streets are...