Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Scientists are warning that Himalayan glacial lakes are becoming a growing threat to communities downstream ...

The human and environmental impact of the recent floods in Sumatra is the result of years of ecological destruction and failures in disaster governance. The floods and landslides that swept northern ...

John Simeone was sure his vacation condo, nestled in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, would sell easily. Then the listing went live in August: “It was like a bolt of lightning hit me in the head.” The ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Rick Pate announced Friday that 19 counties are being designated by the US Department of Agriculture as primary natural disaster areas due ...

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — The Wiregrass, along with other counties across south and central Alabama, has been declared a primary natural disaster area after weeks of drought. The area includes Houston, ...

I urge state legislators to take proactive measures to protect Oregon families from natural disasters before more communities suffer the way folks in Clackamas County are now, (“Oregon coast flooding ...

To end the year, we looked back to the first half of 2025, when a series of deadly and destructive natural disasters slammed the commonwealth. This week's Sunday cover story focused on how Kentucky ...

The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) faces severe challenges due to its vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters, resulting in economic repercussions such as erosion, flooding, droughts ...

Cyclone Senyar was an unusually rare event for Sumatra, but the scale of destruction cannot be explained by weather alone. Decades of deforestation, mining, plantations, and peat drainage left ...

T. Usha last heard from his cousin on Nov. 29, when his cousin left their home along with another relative to search for people stranded by flooding and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri ...

Kentucky state Sen. Robin Webb held up a thick black binder stuffed full of white paper. The binder, which she hefted in the air during a Nov. 21 meeting in Frankfort, contained the many ...