On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction serves as a reminder of what remains to be done to reduce disaster risk. Each year, the theme aligns with the Sendai Framework to prevent and reduce ...

When flooding strikes, our screens fill with scenes of devastated victims, and men performing heroic dinghy rescues in ...

Women’s roles were not limited to unskilled tasks and care work. Women also brought professional skills to the recovery ...

As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

A man believed to be in his thirties has died in a shack fire in Ekurhuleni on the East Rand. It is understood that the man ...

Thane: A fire broke out at a tyre and punctures repair shop in Maharashtra's Thane city on Sunday morning, civic officials ...

According to Kenya’s President William Ruto, “Africa must step forward as the cornerstone around which effective climate ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US attacks on Iran’s nuclear programme have deepened fears stoked by Israel’s previous air strikes of ...

Recent incidents of floods in North East India and cloudburst in Sikkim have resulted in loss of human lives, damage to houses, roads and other infrastructure. It has disrupted normal life and has ...

Officials conducted a flood management drill at Kornighat Bagh River in Gondia, enhancing search and rescue readiness among residents. Demonstrations utilised various tools, and the district is ...

Building a Viksit Bharat by 2047, as envisaged by the Modi government, is a noble aim. Yet, the grim reality on the ground ...