We find ourselves in the midst of a raucous debate among sanctions practitioners about the impact of the Fifth Circuit’s ...

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands.

Above: Damage from an F4 tornado that tore through the heart of Omaha, Nebraska, on Easter Sunday 1913 (March 23). It was part of the worst tornado outbreak on record for eastern Nebraska and ...

Wildfires continue to rage across the Los Angeles region. The largest blaze, the Palisades fire, has burned approximately 24,000 acres.

Peter Schiff predicts Japan’s bond yields will crash markets, calling it a looming financial tsunami. JPMorgan analysts believe JGB yields will stabilize, easing market pressure near key ...

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The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory, but later lifted it. In Miyazaki, 20-centimeter tsunami were seen, while Kochi reported 10-centimeter tsunami. The agency lifted the ...

Fire Tornadoes Pose a Threat in California. A Fire Lab Shows How They Work As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but ...

As if they aren't already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes - a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather. The National ...

It said the quake was centred at a depth of 30 kilometres. Tsunami advisories have been issued for waves up to one metre high in the Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu, as well as the Kochi Prefecture ...

As aftershocks rumbled and tsunami warnings rang out, teachers hurried the children to higher ground behind the school. Murakami’s training in disaster response had taught him that after a major ...

(Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later ...