At least three people have been killed in an earthquake in the Haitian city of Jérémie, just days after floods left at least 42 dead. The 4.9-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of the ...

At least 42 people have died and more than 13,600 homes have been flooded in Haiti, officials have said. People have been taking refuge on rooftops as floodwaters rise, and clearing out water from ...

While India's northern Himachal Pradesh state often sees landslides and flash floods, unregulated construction and torrential rains are exacerbating natural disasters in the mountainous region.

You don’t pick on the weakest kid on the playground and beat him up, and then say, ‘Hey, see what I can do.’ “ ...

The United States is announcing $65 million in new funding to Haiti’s police as well as other measures to support the country ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called for a multinational security support mission to ...

On the night of September 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Morocco in the Atlas Mountains near the historic town of ...

Emergency services say eight people including four children have been killed by electrocution in two separate events after ...

People in eastern Libya are still reckoning with the aftermath of last month's floodwaters that washed out to sea the heart of the city of Derna, and killed thousands.

In what is being hailed as an historic first, the UN Security Council on Monday authorised the deployment of an international security force to help Haiti’s national police quell surging gang violence ...

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Flash floods are so named because sudden deluges can occur after a heavy rainfall, which the National Weather Service says is the most common cause. The flooding begins within six hours of heavy ...