I am writing from the middle of a West Coast catastrophe, where four states are confronting what officials describe as the ...

The police watchdog will today publish its report into the actions of officers during and after the Hillsborough disaster in ...

Individuals pay their respects at a makeshift memorial to victims of the Texas floods. In a surprising number of cases, the worst disasters strike in the middle of night. The deadly Texas floods ...

December 2, 1984 The Bhopal Gas disaster, when a gas leak from the Union Carbide plant, exposes over 500,000 people to the ...

More than 30 hours after the blaze began at Wang Fuk Court, there was still a sense that it is far from under control. At ...

Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. “He said there are children still stuck in the landslide, so he'll go and help them and come ...

Cyclone Ditwah killed 132 people across Sri Lanka, with another 176 missing, according to the Disaster Management Centre, as ...

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose sharply to 334 on Sunday, Sri Lanka's disaster ...

The country is grappling with one of its worst weather disasters in recent years. Torrential rains and landslides have so far ...