Disaster

News Hour: Tropical Storm Lester off the northwest Mexican coast strengthened to hurricane status on Friday, the US National Hurricane Center said, reports BSS. The center of Lester is located some 550 miles (885 kilometers) southwest...

News Hour: A powerful earthquake devastated a string of mountain towns in central Italy on Wednesday, trapping residents under rubble, killing at least 73 people and leaving thousands homeless, reports Reuters. The quake struck in the...

News Hour: A powerful typhoon struck near Tokyo on Monday, the first for 11 years to hit the densely populated region, temporarily shutting down Japan’s biggest airport and grounding more than 500 flights nationwide, reports BSS....

News Hour: Japan was on alert on Sunday for high winds, heavy rain and landslides as the country braces for two typhoons on course to make landfall, reports BSS. Typhoon Kompasu was expected to hit northern...

News Hour: At least 27 people have died in rain-related incidents in the three Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in the past two days, a senior police official said on Sunday, reports BSS....

News Hour: Typhoon Dianmua has killed seven, leaving two others missing in northern Vietnam as of Sunday morning, said the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, reports BSS. After making landfall in northern...

News Hour: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump visited flood-ravaged Louisiana on Friday, criticizing the US president for not doing the same, as the region grapples with a historic disaster that killed 13 people, reports BSS. Trump...

News Hour: A 7.4-magnitude quake shook the southern Atlantic Ocean early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with an epicenter 195 miles (316 kilometers) from islands hosting British Antarctic research stations. There was no immediate tsunami...

News Hour: Vietnam’s domestic airlines have announced to cancel numerous flights departing and arriving at the country’s northern and central airports on Friday due to Typhoon Dianmu, reports BSS. Dianmu, the third hitting Vietnam so far...

News Hour: Firefighters battled on Thursday to douse a series of wildfires fueled by high winds, scorching temperatures, and dry vegetation, which have forced tens of thousands of Californians to flee their homes, reports BSS. A...