As data for the final days of last year trickles in from around the country and around the world, it is increasingly clear that 2025 now stands as yet another significant milestone in the ongoing era ...

Marine heat waves are supercharging the damage caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones across the globe The Latest The Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority says widespread flooding, landslides ...

With up to 80% of the population now displaced, the war in Gaza is quickly becoming one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. Israel's Gaza offensive has forced as many as 1.8 million ...

On March 28, Myanmar was hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, followed by another of 6.4-magnitude. The epicenter was located west of Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. Tremors were felt in ...

Environmental disasters generally fall into two categories: natural and manmade. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 destroyed flora and fauna across hundreds of square miles and partially ...

HONG KONG, Jan 16 (Reuters) - China's direct economic losses from natural disasters totalled 241.6 billion yuan ($34.7 billion) in 2025, with more than 700 people dead or missing, more than 3 million ...

Vanuatu has a long history of natural disasters. But a combination of traditional knowledge and a simple warning system have kept deaths remarkably low. Chris McCall reports.

American homeowners have faced years of rising insurance costs, due in part to threats from climate change. But 2025 was a relatively quiet year for extreme weather disasters: wildfires and flooding ...