Disaster

Nearly 400 people died in Niger and more than 1.5 million others were affected by floods triggered by last year’s exceptionally torrential rains, according to a final toll announced on Saturday. “Floods caused the deaths of...

Under the direction of Navy Chief Admiral M. Nazmul Hasan and at the suggestion of its president Nadia Sultana, the Bangladesh Navy Family Welfare Association (BNEWA) donated 85 newly constructed homes to flood victims in the...

As firefighters continue to fight fires in the isolated southern area of Patagonia, local officials announced Tuesday that since January, wildfires have burned up to 250,000 hectares of land in northeastern Argentina. According to data from...

Authorities in eastern Australia warned Tuesday that a long recovery was ahead after mud-brown floodwaters overwhelmed scores of houses and caused “incredible” devastation. In parts of Queensland, storms have dumped over 1.5 meters (59 inches) of...

Following the evacuation of many people, the blackout of homes, and the removal of a portion of a vital bridge, swift-moving floodwaters increased Monday in northeastern Australia. In parts of Queensland, storms have already dumped over...

Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged to evacuate Sunday, with efforts to rescue a man stuck inside reportedly halted. A 74-year-old truck driver was swallowed Tuesday by the cavity...

As emergency personnel fought to restore services after Storm Eowyn, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland were still without electricity late Saturday. One person was killed, aircraft were grounded,...

Ajit Singh, the Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, visited Disaster Management and Relief Advisor Faruk E. Azam, Bir Protik, in his secretariat office today as a courtesy. They talked about the recent disastrous floods in Bangladesh...

According to the US Geological Survey, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan on Tuesday, producing landslides, collapsed home ceilings, and injured 27 people. The shallow earthquake occurred just after midnight, and an AFP correspondent in Taipei’s capital...

In areas of eastern Australia, where gales have uprooted trees and cut off power to tens of thousands of homes, authorities declared a natural disaster on Saturday. Since Wednesday, Sydney and other parts of New South...