The Asia Pacific region has lost two million lives and US$1.15 trillion to natural disasters in the past 45 years, accounting for 56.6 and 41 per cent of global disaster impacts, respectively.

A powerful category three cyclone is headed for the far-north of Queensland in Australia.

Cyclone Pam's impact may not be restricted to devastating the island nation of Vanuatu – it may also have boosted the likelihood of an El Nino event for later this year, the Bureau of Meteorology s

JAMMU, Mar 17: Over 20,000 hectares cropped area has been affected with the hailstorm and yellow rust in Jammu region due to massive rains, hailstorm and bad weather.

Rains and hailstorms lashed the state of Rajasthan killing 12 people and damaging Rabi crops in the last 24 hours, officials said today.

Evacuation alerts issued as experts warn the category five cyclone could be the most powerful storm ever to hit the island nation

Dense fog and haze will now be classified as meteorological disasters in a new weather forecast regulation, according to an official notice on Friday.

Summer storms over Europe have become weaker and less frequent over the past few decades, but if this trend continues it is likely to lead to more intense heatwaves and droughts according to climat

Wheat crop spread over 700 acres was flattened as strong winds accompanied by hailstorm lashed the state today.