Disaster

  The western Indian city of Pune was battered by 140 mm (5.5 inches) of rain in 48 hours this week, in what the Maharashtra state chief minister...

  Heavy rains lashed northern states with an alert sounded in Punjab following the release of excess water from Bhakra dam and the Yamuna nearing the danger mark...

  According to weather website El Dorado, out of the 15 places that have received most rainfall across the globe in the last 24 hours, eight are in...

  Indonesia is deploying thousands of military and police to douse forest fires after declaring an emergency in six provinces on the island of Sumatra and in the...

  A “rare and strange” fight over water may be the reason behind the deaths of more than a dozen monkeys in India, forest officials have said. A...

India will send another ship loaded with relief materials to Mozambique, one of the three countries along with Zimbabwe and Malawi severely affected by Cyclone Idai, leaving hundreds...

The death toll from a powerful gas explosion in central Paris has risen to four after rescue workers found a woman’s body in the rubble today. Investigators said, two firefighters...

  Six schoolchildren and their bus driver were killed as the vehicle rolled down a gorge on a hilly road in northern India, police said. Another 12 children...

  Members of the Indonesian pop band Seventeen, along with members of the audience at their concert on Saturday (Dec 22) night, are among the missing after a...

  The crowd had gathered on railway tracks near the city of Amritsar in northern Punjab state and had no warning the train was headed their way. Few...