Gender norms affect the preparation for natural disasters and their impact. Relief efforts must take that into account.

Families with missing relatives who likely died in a natural disaster would be able to obtain a declaration of death without ...

California lawmakers have blocked a bill to make oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes from natural disasters ...

Bench pointed out that the Kerala Bank had waived off the disaster victims' loans and it had an exposure of around Rs 5 crore ...

OVER and on top of the fact that the Philippines is considered the most vulnerable country to natural catastrophic perils ...

With its glorious sunshine and beautiful beaches, plenty of Brits will be heading to Greece for the summer this year. But ...

Numerous anecdotal accounts suggest animals possess an uncanny ability to respond early to earthquakes before humans. Dogs, ...

Trucks and workers started a cleanup effort at the site of a spill of the Keystone oil pipeline in rural North Dakota.

Volcanoes can look like small mountains or hills. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape. Composite volcanoes are the most common type of ...