Stories tagged "naturaldisaster"

Police patrol streets with bullhorns urging people to flee in face of storm that has already killed 81...

A new study suggests babies born to women who were pregnant during the 1998 Quebec ice storm have shown developmental difficulties.

The Italian government has declared a state of emergency for the ancient city of Pompeii, which has suffered from longtime neglect and degradation.

The ancient city of Pompeii, one of the world's best-known archaeological sites, has fallen so far into disrepair that the Italian government has declared a state of emergency.

Look to the past to prepare for the future. Learn how past severe storms have devastated areas in Florida. How can we prepare ourselves and our families for the next big one.

Cylone in Myanmar and 7.3 earthquake in Si Chuan,China happened few weeks ago had cause more than 100,000 people died and more than 300,000 injured and lost their homes and gardens.

For the aid agencies who have struggled for more than two weeks to get relief supplies to the victims of Cyclone Nargis, there is now a new factor that could compromise their ability to operate effectively.

The "Big One," as earthquake scientists imagine it in a detailed, first-of-its-kind script, unzips California's mighty San Andreas Fault north of the Mexican border. In less than two minutes, Los Angeles and its sprawling suburbs are shaking like a bowl o

A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory Wednesday evening, 50 hours after she was buried by Monday's earthquake, state-run media said.

Military helicopters dropped food and medicine to Chinese earthquake survivors who remained cut off Wednesday in remote mountain villages behind roads clogged by landslides. The official death toll rose to nearly 15,000...