The 1994 sinking of the ferry Estonia is up there with the Titanic as one of the worst maritime disasters in history. This week, a Swedish-Estonian-Finnish investigative team said the shipwreck, which ...

Natural disasters have become some of the most expensive shocks to the U.S. economy, reshaping entire regions in a matter of ...

When you think about climate disasters, your mind probably goes to hurricanes or wildfires. Maybe you picture melting ice ...

Days after news of the cuts to funding, a critical clinic treating patients with cholera in South Sudan closed ...

Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly floods and landslides ...

Epidemics, volcanic eruptions, famine, and wars have always occurred, but some of them were far more terrible than others.

Food insecurity reaches catastrophic levels: South Sudan enters 2026 with a hunger crisis—28,000 people face catastrophic ...

ALARM bells are sounding across Japan over a terrifying once-a-century megathrust that could kill thousands and cause ...

The president raged on Truth Social after an alleged ISIS attack on U.S. military troops left three people dead.

As Japanese officials issue an unprecedented megaquake advisory after this week's powerful tremor, here’s everything you need ...

A Washington Post investigation found that in one of the planet’s most arid regions, extreme rain and floods have become ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today released its annual Emergency Watchlist, identifying the 20 countries most at ...