Despite a string of tragic wildfires, this outdoorsy destination in North America has been named the most desirable region on ...

Sri Lanka’s president said the country was dealing with the “largest and most challenging natural disaster” in its history ...

Organizers say that in response to government funding cuts, high prices and political uncertainty, interest in mutual aid ...

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

Sri Lanka's president Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in a televised speech on Sunday (November 30) that the country faced 'the ...

HONG KONG -- A steady stream of people placed bouquets of white roses, carnations, lilies and other flowers Sunday at a ...

Preliminary investigations showed the fire started Wednesday afternoon on a lower-level scaffolding net of one of the buildings, and then spread rapidly inside as the foam panels caught fire and blew ...

Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of an apartment ...

Early one morning in March 2010, Captain Gary Jarvis cast a heavyweight line into the Gulf of Mexico from the deck of his 57 foot charter boat, Backdown 2. The sun hadn’t yet risen. But bright white ...

New research shows how hurricanes can wash sewage, industrial chemicals and “everything in people’s garages” into North Carolina waterways.

Hong Kong’s history of reacting to calamities suggests this week’s fire which claimed at least 128 lives is likely to result in far-reaching policy changes.

Even before the Eaton fire reduced the family’s 1924 brick-faced building on Mariposa and Lake Avenue, Galloway had been ...