natural disaster

Political upheaval, frequent changes in government lead to officials finding it easier to misappropriate funds, aid

Entire residential blocks erased after being swept away by floods in Derna, official says

The twisters sheared roofs and walls from many buildings, flipped over vehicles and downed trees and power lines

Countries struggle to deal with extreme heat, earthquakes, floods

Stray dogs bite women, children in Haripur suburbs

Flooding in Kunhar River washes away 10 shops, two hotels and eight vehicles

Govt appeals to citizens' 'national spirit' to come forward and help in providing relief to affected people

According to PDMA rain claimed lives of four more children in the last 24 hours

Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami that hit northeastern Japan

The measures show what a thorny issue it is for Japan to deal with natural disasters in the time of coronavirus

Informs court that its poles and connections are up to the mark

Tremors also felt in areas including Abbottabad, Nakial and Mansehra

Several hundred thousand people told to evacuate coastal areas of West Bengal

20 out of Iran's 31 provinces report casualties from the floods

Officials put three provinces under 'state of calamity' to give them access to emergency funds

At least 20 people missing

As of yet the death tolls stand at 281

Tens of thousands are still without electricity or electronic communications

At least 31 people were killed when a landslide rolled down the slopes of Mt Elgon in eastern Uganda

Indonesia on Tuesday told foreign aid workers their help was not needed

The hurricane is forecast to crash ashore midweek as a major Category 3 storm

Indonesia reels after a powerful quake-tsunami as search operations and evacuation efforts get underway.

Palu on Sulawesi island has been left in ruins after being hit by a tsunami after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake

At least 844 people are already known to have died in the disaster

Death toll from powerful tsunami-quake has reached 420

The 1.5 to two-meter tsunami has receded

Most fatalities occurred in North Carolina with officials claiming eight victims

A woman and her baby were killed when a tree fell on their house

Highways clogged with people fleeing North and South Carolina early Wednesday

275,000 people have been displaced by drought in western Afghanistan

Another storm, Tropical Storm Isaac is spinning farther out in the Atlantic

The storm was forecast to come ashore late on Tuesday near the border between Louisiana and Mississippi

The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km

Hundreds perished in the flood and more than one million people were forced to abandon their homes

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah

'According to preliminary estimates Kerala's losses due to the floods is 19,512 crore rupees'

Flights in and out of the Indian tourist hotspot of Kerala were cancelled for three days

Strong aftershock caused panic among evacuees already traumatised by devastating earthquake that killed more than 160

Estimates up to $6.1 million in damage in the region

NDMA chief says his organisation is equipped to meet mega disasters

Flooding in the northern and central parts of the country damage property, agricultural land.

In the past seven years, Chile has had three quakes of a magnitude greater than eight

A walk was also organised that started from Nasir Bagh and concluded at Town Hall

Villages further afield could also be exposed to ash falls and acid rain

wenty-three people have died since July 5

Despite such a big disaster, power supply was not affected

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Sunday

No casualties reported; tsunami warning lifted

The path of destruction over the Caribbean and the southern US

Sri Lanka's government has deployed troops to evacuate people living on slopes or in flood-hit areas