Disaster

On Friday, the Reykjanes peninsula’s southwest saw the formation of a second fissure, according to Icelandic authorities, but the region’s volcanic activity had diminished after lava began to gush out for the sixth time since December....

The present flood that has affected over 48 lakh people and claimed 15 lives has devastated 77 upazilas across 11 districts of the country. Eleven of the fifteen fatalities occurred in the districts of Cumilla, Feni,...

Flights in New Zealand were suspended on Thursday due to a volcanic explosion that released a plume of ash, and government experts have warned that the eruption might go for “weeks to months” more. The 2019...

Due to the onslaught of upstream water and the continuous rain over the past few days, up to 1,90,000 families have been left stranded and one person has died in floods that affected six districts. In...

Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in war-torn Yemen has led to at least 60 deaths since July, with 13 others still missing and a total of 268,000 people affected, the United Nations said Monday. Yemen, already...

After hammering Puerto Rico and Bermuda, Ernesto re-formed into a hurricane on Sunday and moved far off the east coast of the US, posing a risk of wind and rain to the US and Canadian coastlines....

A landslide that was caused by heavy rainfall early this morning claimed the lives of at least three people, including a woman and her family’s children. “The incident occurred at Jarulbhunia Segunbagicha area under Philkhali union...

On Saturday, AFP correspondents reported that firefighters were fighting a huge forest fire in Turkey’s Aegean city of Izmir for the third day, following the evacuation of hundreds of residents from neighboring towns the day before....

Before moving on toward eastern Canada, Hurricane Ernesto battered Bermuda on Saturday with intense gusts and heavy rain, knocking out electricity to a large portion of the British Atlantic Ocean colony. As of Saturday night, the...

Around 100 firefighters tackled a large blaze at London’s historic Somerset House cultural centre on Saturday, with images posted on social media showing flames leaping out from underneath its roof. “Fifteen fire engines and around 100...