A new Asian Development Bank study warns that Pacific Island nations are facing rising financial risks from climate disasters ...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck near the coast of Vanuatu, just weeks after a quake killed more than a dozen people in ...

Kyle Enero, a call-center employee, was at work one night on the 11th floor of an office tower in the Philippine city of Cebu, when the building began to shake violently. He and the others were ...

Tropical cyclones—also known as hurricanes, typhoons or storms, depending on their location and intensity—are among the world's most destructive and costly climate disasters. Their direct physical ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --Typhoon Matmo struck northern Philippines on Friday, three days after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the central part of the Asian nation hundreds of miles away and weeks after two ...

MANILA, Philippines – As it does every year, the Philippines was once again devastated by back-to-back, if not simultaneous, natural calamities in 2025. From deadly seismic events and unpredictable ...

For centuries, unusual animal behaviour before earthquakes has been reported worldwide. Livestock becoming restless, wildlife disappearing and snakes emerging from hibernation in the middle of winter.

The magnitude of an earthquake depends on how far a rupture travels along a fault line before it stops. For the first time, we have now directly observed how a large earthquake comes to a halt. By ...