World Bank and KfW likely to give major chunk of funds

In the first week of April, when children across Maharashtra were busy studying for their school final exams, children from drought affected areas were helping their parents get water and fodder fo

Dibrugarh: The town of Dibrugarh, along with certain other parts of Assam, experienced a strong tremor on the night of Wednesday.

A mega earthquake of magnitude 8.5 or more is long overdue in the Himalayan region but India has not learnt from past mistakes and is far from being prepared for such an eventuality with no strateg

At least 14 people were killed and several others injured when a mudslide buried homes in a small community in southwest Colombia on Sunday, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) s

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 74 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina at 1631 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Flooding in eastern Canada forced the evacuation of 1,200 people while more than 600 troops have been deployed in response, authorities said Sunday.

Sophie Kemuma, a commercial dairy farmer in Kaptembwa area in Nakuru County in northwest Kenya describes the current dry spell as a totally different and unique situation for her.

A landslide washed away an entire village in the Rumphi district of northern Malawi, killing at least three people, leaving five missing and dozens wounded in hospital, police said Sunday.