In Louisiana, heat and hurricanes can feel like a generational curse. After two decades, an editor who grew up in the state ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he wants to eliminate FEMA altogether and shift full responsibility for ...

Natural disasters are events caused by natural forces that result in widespread damage, destruction, and loss of life. They can be triggered by geological phenomena, such as earthquakes, volcanoes ...

The Supreme Court described the result as "unprecedented devastation to the marine environment of Sri Lanka," citing the ...

Natural disasters have taken the lives of millions of people throughout history. China is home to some of the deadliest natural disasters of all time. The 2004 tsunami in Indonesia killed 227,898 ...

Though the active volcano has been dormant for over 300 years, the videos released this week are meant to prepare the Japanese capital’s 37 million residents for potential disasters.

To identify the five deadliest natural disasters in each global region since 1970, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed total deaths from natural disasters around the world from the World Meteorological ...

The worst oil disaster unleashed millions of barrels of crude into the environment, leaving behind death, destruction, and a ...

Violent changes in the atmosphere associated with extreme weather phenomena caused some of the deadliest disasters this year. In 2019, several meteorological disasters affected the planet, from ...

With a non-stop onslaught of severe storms, wildfires and hurricanes, 2020 has been a calamitous year for weather in the US.

The Spanish government on Tuesday described wildfires that have swept the country as one of the country's worst environmental ...

The Shoreham Airshow disaster of 2015 was the deadliest the UK had seen in more than 60 years. Eleven people were killed and ...