Illegal high-rises on Gandhi Road loom over the fragile hills of Darjeeling in India, despite court orders to halt construction. Credit: Akash Pradhan On a rainy morning in August, 47-year-old Dawa ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least two people in Bangkok and burying an unknown number when a high-rise building under construction ...

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday has left devastation in its wake, with the collapse of an under-construction high-rise building in Bangkok emerging as ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As the planet continues to warm, extreme weather events in the United States are becoming more frequent, more intense, and increasingly costly. From 1980 through 2024, the United ...

FEMA officials survey tree damage and assess the condition of the beaches and activity facilities in Guanica, Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on Dec. 20, 2017. (Andrea Booher/FEMA) A ...

At least 36 people have lost their lives in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest high-rise disasters in recent memory, after a massive fire tore through the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po on ...

Amid A sharp rise in climate-driven disasters across country, Maharashtra has emerged as the largest recipient of ...