Natural catastrophe

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Australia's most populous state of New South Wales declared a seven-day state of emergency Thursday as oppressive conditions fanned around 100 wildfires.

The volcano eruption on White Island has killed six people. Rescue workers are hunting for those missing after the blast.

Many houses have become unsafe to live in following the quake and its aftershocks. Volunteers say the most urgent need is for clothing and blankets.

Adriatik Bode was one of the survivors of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that has so far left 40 people dead.

Hagibis is wreaking havoc on mainland Japan and is expected to bring with it the heaviest rain and winds in sixty years. More than a million people have been advised to evacuate.

A powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring over 700, officials said.

A clean-up operation is underway in western Austria after a big mudslide.

Firefighters continue to battle an uncontained wildfire on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria as 9,000 people are evacuated.

The search continued in Chamoson after two people were carried away in a car during a violent storm.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck the Moluccas islands in eastern Indonesia on Sunday, causing panic among residents, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

With an increase in danger from natural disasters over the last decade - and indications that this will only get worse - a team of developers have created an app that gathers huge amounts of data in emergency situations.

Heavy rains in La Paz caused the collapse of a road in the mountainous city on Thursday (April 04), leaving residential homes literally on a cliff edge

The death toll from a building collapse in Xiangning County of Linfen City in north China's Shanxi Province that occurred due to a landslide climbed to 15 on Tuesday.

In this edition of Global Japan, we look at how Japanese scientists are working with their local colleagues in Bhutan so that traditional buildings in the Himalayan kingdom can better withstand earthquakes.

A powerful tornado that ripped through the Cuban capital of Havana on Sunday night has left three people dead and 172 injured.

The fourth-warmest August on record produced more than just heat, with drought and floods damaging crops and taking lives around the world.

Rescue workers excavating a mosque flattened by an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok carried a body from the wreckage on Tuesday.

Roads remain damaged in Hiroshima on Monday while the search and rescue effort continues for those still missing, following the heavy rainfall that hammered southern Japan for the third day straight.

Euronews speaks to a rescuer who witnessed the eruption of the Volcan de Fuego in Guatemala

At least eight dead from flooding and landslides

A strong tornado hit the suburbs of the southern Italian city of Caserta on Monday night, local media reported.

The Red Cross says at least 67 people died and another 160,000 are affected.