the Turkish government has placed the town of Golcuk in quarantine to guard against the spread of diseases following the devastating earthquake in the

The Union government, the Geophysical Research Institute and the meteorological department along with six other departments have been issued notices by the Delhi high court on a petition seeking

Torrential rains in central Korea have killed 42 people and injured 94 in the Kaesong area alone, according to official figures. Also, 581 houses were submerged or destroyed, leaving 2,905

Meteorologists have warned that the current drought in Uganda is likely to worsen in the coming months and called on the government to formulate

Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large scale destruction, Bihar is the worst affected

According to environmentalists in Pakistan, there is no disaster management plan for the 149,837 fisherfolk families settled along the

A breach in the Bhakra Nangal dam in Punjab inundates more than 1,215 hectares of agricultural land

A devastating earthquake in the Chamoli region of Uttar Pradesh kills over 100 people, most of them in their sleep

Rescuers are still trying to find survivors reported missing after the January 25, 1999, earthquake. Having virtually given up hope of finding