Extreme weather events have increased dramatically in the past 20 years, taking a heavy human and economic toll worldwide, and are likely to wreak further havoc, the United Nations said on Monday.

Australia needs national coordination of disaster responses, a change to laws to allow country-wide state of emergencies and simplified climate-change projections, an enquiry into its worst bushfire ...

A strong 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of the Philippines on Friday morning, according to ...

The northernmost town in the world, Longyearbyen, is 800 miles from the North Pole, but home to over 2,000 people.

While he signed a five-year deal, Walsh was done after three seasons — he won 10 games in the first, four in the second and three in his final season. Over the last two years, Walsh went 7-14-1, ...

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in ...

The lawmakers expressed outrage at FEMA's unannounced decision to delay reimbursing states for emergency spending.

Shimla: The state govt, in collaboration with the World Bank, will launch a Rs 2,687 crore Himachal Pradesh Resilient Action ...

James and James discuss Deloitte’s error-riddled report, what the surging gold price says about global politics, and look ahead to ANZ’s date with destiny.

Some 425,000 families reeling from recent disasters could expect more help as a Quick Response Fund gets a P716.15-million ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to prevent the state’s plan that provides insurance to homeowners who can’t ...

The biggest threat the nation’s telecommunications companies are grappling with ahead of summer’s disaster season is power ...