A nearly 200-year-old building collapsed in Kolkata's Jorabagan amid heavy rain, killing one woman and trapping residents, raising concerns over dangerous structures.

VM Building Society (VMBS) is expanding its support for Jamaican businesses seeking to recover from natural disasters while strengthening their resilience against future climate-related events.

A dark cloud hangs heavily over Zimbabwe this August. A relentless succession of fatal road accidents and sudden losses has gripped the nation, culminating in the heart-wrenching tragedy on Lake ...

Teams from West Bengal fire services department, state disaster management department and the National Disaster Response ...

Waynesville is one step closer to adding solar power to its arsenal of emergency preparations. But at the same time, the town is still waiting for funding to repair a bridge damaged by ...

The process of recovering from floods, and protecting from the future, takes a long time. Here's what to expect.

Today’s newsletter focuses on the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 68 people in eastern Indonesia as ...

It has been likened to a monster, an oil rig – and the Parthenon. Now, for its 40th birthday, the astonishing London landmark has joined the Open House festival, to grant admirers a rare look inside ...

Plaster fell from a residential and commercial building in Mumbra’s Kausa area in Thane district of Maharashtra on Tuesday afternoon, with cracks reported in parts of the building and the remaining ...

Kolkata, Aug 18 (PTI) A woman died after a portion of a three-storey old building collapsed in the Malapara area here on Tuesday, police said.The incident occurred around 5 am, following which police ...

Shakira, who was born and raised in Colombia, helped raise over $1 million in relief efforts for the country following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake.

The figure is preliminary and will likely change as more damage reports come through. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...