The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are some of the natural disasters that have contributed to global ...

It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias and other factors can play a role.

Evacuees from the fire that destroyed Lytton, B.C., and those stranded by mudslides have found themselves sharing space and company ...

Other recent natural disasters that left insurance companies paying out huge sums in recent years include the $1-billion flooding emergency in southern Ontario in 2013, and the forest fires that ...

Afghan officials gave up hope on Saturday of finding any survivors from a landslide in the remote northeast, with the number killed or missing put at between a few hundred and as many as 2,700.

Santa Barbara County, which has been hit particularly hard by the recent “atmospheric rivers” arriving over the state, has seen eight major disaster declarations for winter storms and landslides since ...