SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the southern coast of the Dominican Republic just before dawn Th...
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials say they have resumed the search for victims of a landslide that killed more than 20 people at a remo...
TERNATE, Indonesia — Officials say mudflows streaming from a volcano in eastern Indonesia have killed four villagers and about 1,000 others have...
IWAKI, Japan — Fukushima was just emerging from the snows of winter when the disaster hit – a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, the strongest in J...
MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine disaster management officials say the number of people who died in massive flash floods in the southern Mindanao reg...
MANILA, Philippines — Flash floods devastated a southern Philippine region unaccustomed to serious storms, killing at least 450 people as they s...
BANGKOK — Thailand's prime minister is urging people in flooded areas to be patient, saying the government is working as hard as it can to drain...
LIMA, Peru — Peruvian authorities said Saturday that 134 homes were destroyed and 103 people treated at hospitals for injuries during a 6.9-magn...
AULLA, Italy — Soldiers and civilian rescue workers battled knee-deep mud Thursday as they searched for survivors after flash floods and mudslid...
ERCIS, Turkey — Rescuers, working under floodlights, pulled a 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building early Frid...
ROME — Torrential rains lashed Italy from its northern Alps to the southern island of Sicily, causing flash floods that killed at least nine peo...
BANGKOK — Advancing Thai floodwaters breached barriers protecting Bangkok's second largest airport on Tuesday, halting commercial flights, as th...
As we focus on the global need for adequate shelter on this World Habitat Day, we implore business, government, policy, civic and relief organization leaders to work together to institute practices that support adequate housing in all areas of the world.
MANILA, Philippines — The second typhoon in a week battered the rain-soaked northern Philippines on Saturday, adding misery to thousands of peop...
During the four hours we were at Hastings Books in Joplin Saturday, we heard terrifying stories, some sad, some uplifting of the May 22 event that forever reshaped the lives of Joplin residents.
NEW YORK -- The opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange is set to ring on time Monday. Operators of the historic Big Board and other major U.S. e...
As Hurricane Irene takes aim, business owners up and down the East Coast are hoping for the best -- but if they're smart, preparing for the worst. ...
WASHINGTON -- As East Coasters brace for what some say will be a historic pummel by Hurricane Irene, at least one lawmaker is fuming over a requiremen...
NEW YORK — It's the not-so-quiet before the storm. Hurricane Irene hasn't hit the East Coast yet, but people up and down the Eastern Seaboard a...
MIAMI (AP) -- Emergency officials from Florida to the Carolinas were closely watching Irene Tuesday as the first hurricane to seriously threaten the U...
MONSON, Mass. -- A Massachusetts family whose home was destroyed by the tornadoes that struck the state on June 1 has found all seven of its cats aliv...
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are increasingly divided over whether to pay for a massive emergency aid package for those hit by the storms pummeling...
NORMAN, Okla. -- The National Weather Service says one of the tornadoes that killed hundreds in the South had winds of 205 mph and was the first EF-5 ...
I wanted to share a story today about one of those very heroes in hopes that it will ignite more supporters to champion the work still needed to be done in Japan and for future natural disasters.
