Scientists can warn of a risk of floods days in advance. But forecasts often aren’t definitive enough to trigger action.

The Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas , or IDRT, at Texas A&M will relaunch its Disaster Resilience Information and ...

Oddly enough although many speeches given by Adolf Hitler have been preserved, there is no audio footage of his normal ...

On the twelfth of August 2000, the Russian navy held its most massive naval exercise since the fall of the Soviet Union. Due ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Global insured losses of more than $127bn from natural disasters were dominated by more than $100bn occurring ...

Video shows a late-night joyride spiraling out of control as a driver raced around a central square in southern Kazakhstan before crashing into a towering Christmas tree and knocking it over. CCTV ...

The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant—designed to contain radiation from Reactor 4, which was damaged during the 1986 explosion—could collapse if it’s struck again by ...

A group of 98 Minnesota mayors raised concerns with state leaders in a letter about their state's fiscal policies, saying they have impacted their cities and residents, noting a disappearing $18 ...

Regina is just the latest city to report problems with unreliable battery-powered transit You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Regina’s adoption ...

Kempton, the home of the King George VI Chase, is once again under threat of closure. Richard Russell, Racing Post analyst and race planning executive at the BHA between 2006 and 2021, shares his ...

President Trump has warned of an "economic disaster" similar to the Great Depression if the Supreme Court rules against tariffs imposed under IEEPA. Since Trump's baseline tariff took effect in April, ...