Page 28 - Natural Disasters

Warning centre cancels Hawaii tsunami watch after huge Pacific quake

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre cancelled a tsunami watch Thursday for Hawaii that was issued after a huge earthquake occurred in a remote area between New Zealand and Tonga

Alert level raised after explosion at remote volcano on Alaska Peninsula

A small explosion was recorded Thursday at a remote volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, prompting officials to raise the alert level

U'khand disaster: 136 missing people 'presumed dead', says official

The flash flood in Chamoli district happened over two weeks ago

Thousands being evacuated amid floods in Indonesia's West Java

Thousands of residents are being evacuated on the outskirts of Indonesia's capital amid flooding

Uttarakhand floods: One more body recovered, death toll now at 62

One more body has been recovered from a flood-hit area in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district

U'khand floods: Rescue efforts hampered by water accumulation inside tunnel

Rescuers continued efforts on the 11th day to find survivors of the February 7 glacial disaster

31 of 58 bodies recovered in Uttarakhand glacier burst identified

All 11 bodies retrieved from Tapovan tunnel till now have been identified

Uttarakhand flash floods: Two more bodies recovered, death toll at 38

Two more bodies were recovered from the flash flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Friday, taking the toll in the calamity to 38

Death toll climbs to 31 in U'khand disaster, CM meets affected villagers

The operation to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a tunnel at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district continued

Uttarakhand rescue work gathers pace: At least 26 dead, over 190 missing

It may take a day or two before making way for rescuing the trapped people, said top government officials

Snowslide, not glacier burst, may have caused U'khand disaster: CM Rawat

Rawat said the calamity might have been caused by an 'abrupt sliding down' of millions of tonnes of snow from a hill

Uttarakhand disaster: 20 bodies recovered, 197 people still missing

Multiple agencies worked at rescuing over 30 workers feared trapped in a tunnel at a power project site

Rescue efforts intensify as toll in U'khand glacier disaster rises to 18

More than 200 people are still missing

U'khand floods: CM says ISRO, DRDO helping to ascertain exact cause

Multi-agency relief operations continue in Chamoli and adjoining areas of Uttarakhand

Chamoli floods: Two ITBP teams, three from NDRF rushed to spot

Chamoli DM orders evacuation of people living in villages on banks of river

Casualties from Indonesia earthquake increase to 91: State agency

Indonesia was struck by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake

Aid effort intensifies after earthquake on Indonesian island killed 81

More rescuers and volunteers were deployed in the hardest-hit city of Mamuju and the neighboring district of Majene on Sulawesi island, where the magnitude 6.2 quake struck early Friday

Natural disasters cost insurance industry $76 billion in 2020: Swiss Re

Natural disasters like wildfires devastated parts of the United States and a record number of hurricanes in the Atlantic caused

North Korea among most dangerous places to live in world: European report

The natural disaster risk index for North Korea was 5.1, with the sub-index for exposure to flood at 7.4

In pics: Strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit parts of Mexico on Tuesday

In the last 35 years, there have been at least seven greater earthquakes, killing around 10,000 people most of them in a 1985 quake of 8.0 magnitude