The Urato Islands in Matsushima Bay in the region demonstrate how island communities can support themselves during crises. In ...

When hurricanes, wildfires and floods destroy homes, volunteers rescue, preserve and try to return fragile lost photos to ...

BENGALURU: Despite a shortage of manpower in the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the team successfully rescued 3,978 ...

Most Americans still dream of owning a home, but it's increasingly likely that it remains just that - a dream.

A vast body of research shows that every year, the shift to daylight saving time needlessly exacerbates various health risks, ...

Six Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to assist during storms and flooding caused by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred ...

Access to timely and clear information is critical in times of crisis, whether floods, earthquakes, or wildfires. However, for Rwanda’s deaf community, communication barriers often leave them ...

Although Chernobyl has left a devastating legacy across Europe’s former communist bloc, including East Germany, it is a crumb of comfort that it took place at the bitter end of the Cold War in an area ...

The Okanagan's Animal Lifeline Emergency Response Team, or ALERT, announced that they received a substantial grant from the ...

NSW residents are being urged to avoid driving through floodwaters, following 17 emergency rescues over the last 24 hours in ...

Riding in the back of an ambulance is just one way paramedics can be used, says the Territory’s first Chief Paramedic Officer ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakened to a tropical low before it hit the east coast north of Brisbane. One person has been ...