A major earthquake off the coast of Alaska could trigger a tsunami flooding San Francisco's Embarcadero. But the main sensors ...

Many of the victims drowned, the authorities said. Hundreds of thousands of people had evacuated before Typhoon Kalmaegi hit ...

After a deluge flooded dozens of neighborhoods across the five boroughs and fatally injured two people in the process, people who knew the victims are not ...

The death toll from the heavy floods in central Vietnam has risen to 13, the government said on Friday, as residents of the ...

Hit by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima nuclear plant suffered core ...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident reinforced the importance of having adequate national and international safety standards and guidelines in place so that nuclear power and technology remain safe ...

Russia successfully tested its Poseidon nuclear-powered super-torpedo, capable of creating radioactive tsunamis to devastate ...

Facing increasingly destructive disasters, National Assembly delegates call for local relief teams trained and ready to ...

Heavy rains have caused major flooding in central Vietnam, submerging homes, farmland, and tourist spots like Hue and Hoi An.

I've been asked questions along this theme multiple times, from my friends and family in the United States to colleagues who work around the globe: How, amid Japan's worst natural disaster in 100 ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers open talks Saturday ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit that will formally welcome East Timor ...

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency issued an emergency alert at the time of the quake, predicting strong shaking in the ...