DARJEELING: Environmentalists described the landslides in Darjeeling as a "man-made ecological disaster", the inevitable outcome of decades of deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor governance ...

While the victims of floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh battle uncertainty, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, lack ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Still reeling from fires and floods that caused two deaths, the destruction of hundreds of homes and a puny ...

Fukushima Report Hints at More 'Man-Made' Disasters in the Future Yes, the nuclear disaster at Fukushima was sparked by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, but a Japanese ...

There are all kinds of large-scale disasters that get reported in the news. Some of them are the result of natural causes like earthquakes along an active fault line or volcanoes. Others are caused by ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WRBL) — As the federal government shutdown drags into its fourth week, hunger relief leaders across Alabama are warning a crisis could leave thousands of families without food. At the ...

The Titanic sinking, the Chernobyl meltdown, and the Challenger disaster. Everybody knows the names and broad strokes of these tragic disasters, but the details of these stories are so much worse than ...

(TNS) — North Carolina legislators may need to put hundreds of millions of dollars into the state’s rainy-day fund to help with hurricane relief in case the federal government stops supporting ...

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden ratcheted up pressure on US port employers and shipping lines to restart talks with striking dock workers, warning that the unfolding strike could turn into a ...

When you turn on the television and see Pakistanis or Australians overwhelmed by floodwaters, do you feel more sympathy than you would for victims of ethnic conflict in Darfur? A European Journal of ...