Malawi deployed military helicopters and boats Thursday in a bid to rescue desperate flood victims stranded on patches of high ground after raging waters killed at least 48 people and left 100,000 homeless. Vice President Saulos Chilima said the rescue operation had been delayed ...
About seven out of every 10 people live in areas in Japan that are at risk of disasters such as floods, landslides, earthquakes, ground liquefaction or tsunami, government data show. Those who live in such areas totaled an estimated 94.42 million or 73.7 percent ...
Flash floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka have killed at least 39 people and more than 1 million have had to flee their homes in the past two weeks, data from the island’s Disaster Management Center showed on Thursday. At least another 20 people ...
As forecasters warned fresh rain could hamper efforts to relieve thousands left stranded by floodwaters, Malaysia on Sunday pledged more funds to help over 160,000 people hit by the country’s worst flooding in decades. Prime Minister Najib Razak announced an additional 500 million ringgit ...
Malaysia’s worst flooding in decades forced some 118,000 people to flee as Prime Minister Najib Razak came under fire after photos showed him golfing in Hawaii with U.S. President Barack Obama during the storms. At least five people have been killed by the rising ...
Record-high temperatures in Alaska, below-average Arctic snow cover and excess Greenland ice melting were observed this year by scientists, raising new concerns about global warming. The annual Arctic Report Card, compiled by 63 scientists in 13 countries and updated each year since 2006, was ...
Rescuers searching for more than 80 people missing after a landslide in Indonesia deployed bulldozers and excavators Sunday to battle their way through roads strewn with debris to the site of the disaster, officials said. At least 26 people have been confirmed dead after ...
A Pacific storm pounded Southern California with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, triggering flash floods, a small tornado and mudslides that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes, damaged dozens of others and disrupted passenger rail service along the coast. One person ...
A Pacific storm pummeled drought-parched northern and central California on Thursday with heavy rain and high winds, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights, washing out roads and prompting school closures in the Bay Area. Some 240 departing and incoming ...
Scott Chen is a 25-year-old American with a degree in criminal justice. But even with no experience in carpentry and construction work at home in Los Angeles, he is building houses in the hilly village of San Isidro in Tacloban City, the capital of ...
Terrified survivors of a supertyphoon that killed thousands in the Philippines last year were preparing for a powerful new storm on Wednesday as authorities scrambled to find safe evacuation centers. Typhoon Hagupit was building strength in the Pacific Ocean as it moved toward central ...
Buffalo is making significant progress clearing streets still clogged from an epic storm left more than 7 feet (2.1 meters) of snow even as a flooding threat looms, the city’s mayor said Sunday. A ban on driving will continue in hard-hit South Buffalo as ...
