Disaster
Landslide buries 33 people, 16 remain trapped in Gansu, China as tornadoes, typhoons hit
Local authorities are making every effort to rescue those affected in a village in Tanchang county, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The cause of the landslide remains unclear.
Machado vows to return to Venezuela after earthquake death toll rises to over 1,700
Multiple injuries, at least one dead in chemical tank rupture in Washington state - report
Twenty-eight killed by landslide at illegal Angolan gold mine
Dozens killed as powerful quake strikes central Philippines
The death toll was 69 as of late Wednesday morning, said Jane Abapo of the regional Civil Defense office, citing data from the provincial disaster agency that was subject to validation.
Relatives weep for scores of missing children after deadly Indonesia school collapse
Parents search desperately as 91 remain missing after an Islamic boarding school in East Java collapsed during prayers, trapping scores under concrete.
At least 39 dead, over 51 injured in stampede at Indian actor-politician Vijay's rally
Indian lawmaker Senthil Balaji told reporters that 58 people were hospitalized after what he said was a stampede.
Deadly 1956 Aegean earthquake revisited: new study unpacks Greece’s largest 20th-century tsunami
Geophysical Research Letters analysis shows both fault rupture and submarine landslides contributed to the disaster.
Death toll from Vietnam tourist boat accident climbs to 38
The accident took place around 2 p.m. local time on Saturday, soon after Typhoon Wipha entered the South China Sea.
Typhoon Danas batters Taiwan west coast with record two hundred twenty kilometers per hour winds
More than 300 flights were canceled, and 176 remained grounded by 10 a.m. Monday.
Israel's forests burn while gov't continues to underfund Fire and Rescue Authority
Our forests are burning, yet the government is stoking the conflagration by cutting budgets.
Tehran in trouble: Deadly port explosion leaves Iran in a bind - analysis
While Tehran could use the disaster to gain international sympathy, it also means that the Islamic Republic must investigate its own failings, which could reveal weaknesses.
A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass
The disaster began midday on August 24 or October 24, 79 CE, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of volcanic fragments and gas into the air.
Study suggests historic climate disaster gave birth to Ragnarok, the Norse mythology apocalypse
In the year 536 CE, a series of volcanic eruptions in the Northern Hemisphere unleashed ash and sulfur gases into the atmosphere, enshrouding the globe in a veil that blocked sunlight.
