This is the dramatic moment a volcano erupted today, sending a massive ash cloud into the sky in the Philippines. Footage shows residents watching in alarm as a grey column of ash rises from the ...

An avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains killed at least eight skiers, making it the deadliest such disaster in the U.S. in 45 years.

Natural disasters are a fact of life, and they're only becoming more frequent and severe as the planet continues to warm. But ...

Liza Wajong, a green coffee bean importer in British Columbia, thinks there’s trouble ahead in the coffee industry if ...

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

In the neighborhoods near the Kīlauea volcano, volcanic debris crushes under foot and car, crunching with every step. The 41st episode of the Big Island’s latest eruption threw ash and tephra, a ...

As heavier rain raises landslide risk, gaps in data, law and funding leave New Zealand relying on response rather than prevention.

You know that hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes are to be avoided at all costs—but have you heard of blood rain, a black blizzard or a volcano tornado? It sounds too freaky to be true, but we ...

Just prior to the full fury of January’s great winter storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared it would “cease offboarding” frontline disaster responders whose terminations were pending ...

A volcano in Russia's far east on Wednesday spewed ash several kilometres into the sky, authorities said, putting on a spectacular display in its latest eruption. The Shiveluch volcano is one the ...