Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest stories about extreme weather and natural disasters in Asia. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please considersubscribing. 1. ‘It’s like apocalypse’: ...

An AI analysis of Google Street View images across 16 states shows that damaged buildings in poorer communities often remain vacant for years, while wealthier areas rebuild faster and better. After a ...

Cyclone Senyar was an unusually rare event for Sumatra, but the scale of destruction cannot be explained by weather alone. Decades of deforestation, mining, plantations, and peat drainage left ...

Major disasters including tornadoes, extreme flash floods and even a hurricane have disrupted Tennessee schools in recent years. More than a dozen people, including teachers, students and parents, ...

What’s happened? Apple has pushed the watchOS 26.2 release candidate, the next upgrade for Apple Watch, and it contains Enhanced Safety Alerts. Why is this important? Getting emergency alerts on their ...

WASHINGTON — A new nationwide survey is out, highlighting the natural disasters Americans fear the most, and some of the results were not surprising. Here’s what the study by Talker Research survey ...

PHOENIX — Natural disasters are having a significant impact on the nation's food supply, as farmers lose millions of dollars in crops each year due to Mother Nature's force. In Arizona, the expected ...

Some disasters don’t just destroy cities—they reshape civilizations. From volcanic eruptions that blotted out the sun to floods that inspired ancient myths, nature has always had the power to rewrite ...

Among the many things you know you’re supposed to do – write a will, understand your taxes, finally master Monday mornings – hardening your home against natural disasters may be one of the more ...

Senate Democrats are seeking to revive a database that had tracked billion-dollar climate and weather disasters for decades until the Trump administration retired it in May. The National Oceanic and ...

Hannah Hedrick, 17, wrote a children's book inspired by her experience in the Thomas Fire and debris flow to help other kids impacted by natural disasters. Credit: Rebecca Caraway / Noozhawk photo ...

Aftermath of late July's heavy rainfalls that flooded villages, in Huairou, Beijing BEIJING (Reuters) -Natural disasters in China caused direct economic loss of 19.6 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) in ...