On 26 May, late evening, the Koshi River water levels were high due to incessant rainfall in the region over the past four days, causing overflow on the Koshi coffer...

Not only Jessica Simpson’s tubby appearance at the Sea World Concert depressed the audiences, but her act also offended PETA. On the one side, she made a...

A South Florida county that rode high through the housing boom earlier this decade, then crashed hard when the foreclosure crisis struck, declared a state of economic...

Just five years ago, Port St. Lucie was America’s fastest-growing large city. Then the foreclosure crisis slammed it like a hurricane.

A senior figure in Iceland’s main governing party said Thursday that she expects early elections to be held this year, as protesters called for the government to...

In its final days, the Bush administration issued a long-awaited strategy for how to house disaster victims after catastrophic incidents like Hurricane Katrina.

To share know-how about handling a catastrophe, Bush administration officials will hold a mock disaster drill at the White House on Tuesday with members of...

I received a call from a scientist friend in Port Blair early November this year. As soon as I picked up my phone, he asked me a question he had asked me dozens of...

As homeland security head, Janet Napolitano wants to establish a long-term plan for housing disaster victims, said a senator who spoke with the Arizona governor.

Shivering, weak and injured in a snow cave, on a mountain he and two climbing companions had tried to conquer, Kelly James managed to reach his wife on his cell phone.

Many of the Saptakoshi flood displaced from the bordering villages of India, who had entered Nepal seeking relief in the wake of the floods, are still living inside...

Chaos had already been inflicted in Shripur and Western Kushaha when an Indian team led by District Magistrate of Supoul, Bihar Sarif Aalam, arrived at Judhgunj in...

Be it any calamity, catastrophe, or hassle, life moves on even better than before. Ever since the destructive earthquake hit China in May - the biggest natural disaster...

In a disaster such as an earthquake or terrorist attack, nearly two-thirds of U.S. parents would disregard orders to evacuate and would rush to pick up their kids from...

Over 60 thousand people have been displaced due to flooding caused by Koshi River due to damage in the embankment. Authorities are yet to confirm the exact death toll...

In a sign that political instability and natural disasters can fuel technology spending, IBM Corp. plans to invest $300 million building new centers that can store...

Rising seas, melting polar ice caps and strange weather tend to grab headlines as Earth’s climate grows warmer. But there are other dramatic outcomes that...

Yesterday at around 1.30 IST, seven blasts ripped through the city of Bangalore. The blasts were of low intensity, and the bombs were not so effective; i.e. hundreds of...

A year overdue, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a draft disaster housing strategy Monday, which leaves it largely up to the next administration to figure...

Disaster recovery and relief efforts are progressing well in Myanmar’s cyclone-hit areas, despite logistical obstacles, a United Nations agency said...