Catastrophic wildfire disasters have surged globally with 43 per cent of the world's worst fires striking in just the past ...

A farewell letter written by a miner trapped in one of the worst mining disasters in US history in 1902 went viral on the internet recently. The letter is signed by a man named Jacob Vowell, who wrote ...

A passenger train has derailed in southern Pakistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring up to 100. The BBC News website looks at some of the worst rail disasters to have happened round the world ...

With hundreds killed and more injured in a three-train collision in India, AFP looks back on some of the worst rail disasters of the last 10 years: On February 28, 2023, a head-on collision between a ...

Scholars warn that disinformation and rumours on social media have also hindered disaster responses. The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social ...

The crash on Sunday of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 in Muan County killed a total of 179 people in the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil. Jeju Air international flight 7C2216, originating from ...

Ten years ago, Nepali mountain guide Dawa Tashi Sherpa was fighting for his life after being hit by an avalanche on Everest which was then the deadliest disaster on the world's highest mountain. The ...

While climate scientists want to see Beijing adopt a more ambitious goal for emissions reduction, this is the first time ...