Mauao summit track repairs complete as base track recovery begins
Recovery works on the summit track of Mauao are complete, but a timeline for reopening has yet to…
Key route south of Kaikōura reopened after being ‘eaten away’
State Highway 1 south of Kaikōura has reopened, following last week’s closure from the damages of torrential rain…
Over 200 people at a Missouri camp helicoptered to safety amid floods
One person remained missing in Missouri after heavy rainfall battered parts of the state the previous day, forcing…
Humanitarian crisis builds in quake-hit Venezuelan communities
Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the…
Homes evacuated after two landslips strike Otago in an hour
Two houses in Dunedin have been evacuated after mud and bushes were seen moving in an apparent landslide…
How long can you survive being trapped after an earthquake?
NEW YORK (AP) — For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including…
Flooding in Ghana and Ivory Coast leave at least 24 dead
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential rain in the capital cities of…
Venezuela quakes: Story of survival cuts through days of tragedy
A mix of rescue teams and civilians peered at a mountain of rubble almost indistinguishable from the other…
Teams scramble to locate survivors four days after Venezuela quakes
Efforts by local and international rescue teams to pull survivors from the rubble grew increasingly desperate in Venezuela…
Scientists mull controversial plan to steer hurricanes
Technology is on the cusp of allowing humans to disrupt or steer natural disasters, like hurricanes, according to a new study, which appeared in the…
Venezuela earthquakes: At least 235 dead, 4300 injured
Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair…
What left Venezuela vulnerable to earthquakes?
Older buildings, substandard construction and geography left many neighbourhoods in Venezuela vulnerable to strong earthquakes like the ones…