Woman in 90s pulled alive from rubble five days after Japan earthquake
Boy, five, among 126 people dead, after boiling water spilled on him during Monday’s 7.6 magnitude quake A woman in her 90s has been pulled...
Category : Natural disasters
China earthquake: death toll rises to 134 as freezing weather hinders rescue efforts
Temperatures are as low as -16C in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, where the magnitude-6.2 quake struck on Monday The death toll from China’s earthquake has...
China earthquake: rescue efforts hampered by cold weather
Officials say at least 118 killed and more than 500 injured after 6.2-magnitude quake in Gansu and Qinghai provinces Cold weather is hampering rescue efforts...
‘The children screamed for hours’: horrors of Hurricane Otis leave devastation for Acapulco’s poorest
Mexico’s Pacific coast was battered by 165mph winds and torrential rain on 25 October. Thousands lost their homes and many now have too little food...
‘The least we can do is care for their children’: Libyans rally to protect Derna’s orphans
Hundreds of traumatised children are thought to have lost their families in disaster People in western Libya have rallied round to provide care and breastmilk...
Libya floods: warlord using disaster response to exert control, say observers
Khalifa Haftar and Libyan National Army militia said to be overseeing humanitarian relief arriving in city of Derna As search and rescue teams continue to...
‘The waters carried my son away in front of my eyes’: anguished Libyans mourn lost loved ones
Relatives grieve and search in desperation as Derna’s mayor fears death toll from floods may exceed 20,000 Omar al-Rifadi has been searching for his missing...
Libya and Morocco: two very different responses to catastrophe
The aftermath of an earthquake in Morocco and flooding in Libya has shown up the state of the two nations Not one but two disasters...
Ecuador landslide: search for survivors after dozens of homes buried
President Guillermo Lasso confirms seven people have died, with 62 still missing after disaster on Sunday night A huge landslide that swept over an Andean...
Hurricane Julia: Nicaragua braces amid flash flood and mudslide warnings
Nicaraguan soldiers assist evacuations as up to 38cm of rain forecast across Central America after tropical storm strengthened into hurricane Hurricane Julia swept by just...
