At 4:43 pm on Thursday, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit Yinchuan's Jinfeng district. In that critical moment of evacuation, ...

A new expanded evacuation order has been issued for all areas north of Montana Avenue from the beach to 11th Street.

Residents in northeastern Ethiopia have been moved to temporary shelters following fears of a potential volcanic eruption.

Concerns over gender-based violence in Vanuatu have emerged in a government report following the devastating earthquake in ...

California offers great gifts and great risks. Steve Lopez weighs them all as he gets ready for a possible evacuation from ...

A central part of the city was under threat as a new fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills. Firefighters were already struggling to fight the worst blaze in Los Angeles history, and more than 100,000 ...

Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-­hit city of Wajima in central Japan, applying another ...

Hundreds of people in a rural part of Ethiopia, 165km (100 miles) north-east of the capital, Addis Ababa, have been leaving ...

Wildfires and earthquakes on the west coast, hurricanes on the east, tornados right down the middle; no-one is disadvantaged ...

And make sure your car is not blocking rescue vehicles. If you live in a coastal area, don’t wait for an official tsunami evacuation. Head to high ground. You can check your portable radio or ...

After another year of devastating wildfires, intense drought and damaging storms, the province is urging British Columbians to prepare for the event of an emergency — and the new minister of emergency ...