Many deaths and full extent of damage in poorer countries go missing from global because they are not insured, report finds ...

Women carry an “unequal burden” of the world’s deadliest extreme weather events, a new report warns. View on euronews ...

In 1985 the Nevado del Ruiz volcano triggered a mudslide that wiped out the town of Armero, Colombia in one of the 20th century’s worst natural... Searching for Survivors 40 Years After One of Latin ...

Some disasters don’t just destroy cities—they reshape civilizations. From volcanic eruptions that blotted out the sun to floods that inspired ancient myths, nature has always had the power to rewrite ...

Today's Just ask Justin question is about the deadliest natural disaster in US history, which was exactly 125 years ago on Monday. Read full article: ‘Turn yourself in’: Family of man killed in Old ...

Scores of people have been killed after a powerful quake sparked a tsunami with waves as high as 1.5 metres (five feet) that smashed into the Indonesian city of Palu. Harrowing video showed waves of ...

The Southwest monsoon season in India and Pakistan in 2025, which saw 8% more rainfall than usual, caused the greatest number of fatalities among the major climate disasters of 2025, according to a ...

The Chernobyl disaster is probably the most memorable nuclear disaster in history due to the explosion and all the deaths caused by severe radiation poisoning. Research that shows the dogs of ...

They arrived in Gauley Bridge by the dozens, and then by the hundreds, until their numbers reached into the low thousands, swarming the tiny West Virginia town with the kind of hope that’s hard to ...

ARMERO, Colombia — Touring the ruins of this once-bustling farm town, veterinarian Fernando Angarita points to the overgrown lots where the bakery, the hospital and the Presbyterian church once stood.

A New Year’s Eve celebration at a luxury Alpine ski resort has ended in one of the deadliest disasters in Switzerland's modern history. Around 40 people are dead and more than 100 injured, including ...