Specialist teams have begun to look for more people killed, as officials say scale of disaster not down to "lack of preparation".

A number of states are seeing a spike in hospital visits caused by respiratory illnesses as we enter the New Year.

The revolution in broadcast technology over the last decade, combined with the way people now use mobile phones, has hastened the decline, but not yet death, of one of the BBC’s most humble but useful ...

As wildfires raged in California, confusion reigned in Los Angeles after the county's wireless emergency alert system sent ...

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 2:30 pm, severe thunderstorms likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding were detected near the area south of Gympie, the ranges between ...

Queensland: Peninsula, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Channel Country ...

California uses incarcerated firefighters to help battle the wildfires, but these men and women are also fighting stigma.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is proposing that the county’s emergency alert system be disabled until a solution ...

Towers for all the major TV stations are located on the mountain, as are transmitters for many FM radio stations.

Those connected to the radio and television industries can apply for financial grants to help offset disaster-related ...

Governor Josh Stein declared a statewide state of emergency on Thursday evening ahead of a winter storm expected to sweep through the Piedmont Triad on Friday. He is urging people ...

Critical Role Foundation has donated $30,000 to the California Community Foundation’s Wildlife Recovery Fund, according to a ...