Disaster

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti on Saturday. The agency issued a “red alert” for fatalities, stating that “significant casualties are anticipated” and that the “disaster is likely...

Floods and landslides in western Japan have killed at least one person and left two others missing after severe rain created floods and landslides. As the weather bureau recorded unprecedented quantities of rain in the area...

Wildfires tearing through forested areas of northern Algeria have killed at least 65 people, state television reported on Wednesday, as some of the most destructive blazes in the country’s history continued to rage. The government has...

Authorities confirmed Sunday that the massive Dixie Fire in northern California has expanded to become the state’s second-largest wildfire in history, with three people reported missing and others fleeing the advancing flames. The fire has destroyed...

As California’s largest wildfire raced through the state’s tinder-dry landscape, destroying hundreds of square miles, evacuation orders were expanded Thursday (kilometres). Due to strong winds and record-low humidity, the Dixie Fire, which is currently the sixth...

Hundreds of people living in a woodland region north of Athens were forced to flee their houses as a wildfire spread through the city, fueled by Greece’s worst heatwave in decades. On Tuesday, a fire in...

In Cox’s Bazar, at least six Rohingyas were murdered in landslides and flooding, while 15 Bangladeshis were killed and more than 200,000 people were stranded due to water. Heavy monsoon rains produced landslides and flash floods...

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...