Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A power line pole lies splintered in the middle of a road in front of a house in Lake Stevens, Wash., after a November 2024 “bomb ...

Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia’s history. Wind speeds ...

JAKARTA — Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra has become a test case for whether Indonesia can enforce ...

The total economic losses incurred are estimated to be around $6-$7 billion. This is more than the country’s foreign reserves. Last week, Sri Lanka faced its worst natural disaster, barring the 2004 ...

In 2011, as Cyclone Yasi approached the Queensland coast, I sat in my home in the tropical far north of the state and worried what the future would hold. Would my family be OK? Would our home be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Damage from fallen trees is seen at a home on Nov. 22, 2024 in Bellevue, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) The Trump ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Washington state’s request for emergency relief funds to help repair an estimated $34 million in damage from a deadly bomb cyclone storm system in ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The number of people killed by flash floods after Cyclone Senyar made landfall over Sumatra on Nov. 26 increased to 1,059 on Dec. 18. In Pidie Jaya ...

Explore the Cyclone Nargis disaster's deep ties to poverty and infrastructure issues, revealing its significant impact on Burmese democracy. We've been watching Cyclone Nargis for a week here at the ...

Cyclone Chido struck Mozambique on Dec. 15, 2024, with violent winds of 160 mph and more than 250 mm of rainfall in the first 24 hours. Families and communities are currently grappling with the ...

World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) reporters visited Biyagama, a town in Gampaha District located about 20 km from Colombo, on December 7 to speak with survivors of flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah.