natural disaster

One person died in Australia’s north Queensland state in heavy flooding, authorities said, urging thousands of people to move to higher ground due to torrential rains. Queensland authorities said major…

Authorities in eastern Australia have declared a natural disaster following severe storms that have caused widespread damage, including downed trees and power outages affecting tens of thousands of homes. Heavy…

Firefighters confronted persistently strong and dry winds fueling two giant wildfires that have terrified Los Angeles for eight days, testing the resolve of a city upended by the worst disaster…

A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 126 people…

Emergency workers raced on Monday to restore basic services to the French overseas territory of Mayotte, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the most powerful cyclone to…

The death toll from the worst floods in decades in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia climbed to at least 12 on Saturday, authorities said, as tens of thousands of people…

Furious locals hurled mud and insults at Spain’s king, queen, and prime minister on Sunday in a startling show of anger in the worst-hit town in the flood disaster that…