Scientists freely acknowledge they don't know everything about how global warming affects hurricanes, but what they do know is enough to keep them up at night.

Taiwan braces itself for the arrival of a vast typhoon, expected to hit the island on July 8, 2016.

A man buried in rubble for almost three days after a landslide hit Shenzhen in China is pulled out alive, state media says.

The Guatemalan authorities say the number of people killed in the hillside collapsed in El Cambray has risen to 73.

Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead.

Bangladesh must enforce laws to stop child labour and occupational and environmental health dangers in tannery industry, says Human Rights Watch.

16 people dies and large number of houses collapse in Bihar, a seismically active zone, after two powerful earthquakes rocked neighbouring Nepal on Tuesday afternoon.

A teenage boy has been rescued after surviving for five days in the rubble of a building, following an earthquake that killed some 5,500 people in Nepal.

Aid begins to reach remote regions near the epicentre of Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal.

Cyclone Pam badly damages up to 90 percent of houses in Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, Oxfam says.

Terming it a "calamity", Vanuatu's president calls for international help after Cyclone Pam ripped through the Pacific archipelago

The number of people affected by river flooding worldwide could nearly triple in the next 15 years

Huge new avalanches hit Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley killing at least 286 people so far