‘Substantial’ event will be the first in five years, and is expected to bring widespread drought and warmer temperatures

A tornado killed one person in a rural part of north Texas on Saturday and destroyed at least two houses, a local emergency official said, just days after a series of twisters tore through several

A series of tornadoes touched down southwest of Oklahoma City on Wednesday, including a major one that hit about 20 miles from the state's capital city, officials and local TV reports said.

A town in northern Germany has been badly damaged by a tornado that was triggered by violent storms which have left at least one person dead.

At least 42 people were killed, more than 100 injured and crops damaged when a cyclonic storm hit the north-eastern border districts of Bihar late on Tuesday night.

More than 100,000 people in Vanuatu have no clean drinking water, a month after a monster cyclone struck the tiny Pacific nation, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.

Cyclone Pam was one of the worst disasters to hit the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in recent memory.

Taking a significant step that could help it counter Opposition criticism that it is insensitive to farmers, the government has hiked compensation amounts for crop loss due to natural disasters and