UN chief to visit hurricanehit Haiti as funding appeal falls short
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Haiti on Saturday to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew as a UN funding appeal for the Caribbean nation drew few donors. Ban will visit Les...
UN: Haiti tops list of disaster deaths
Hurricane-ravaged Haiti, still recovering from a devastating 2010 earthquake, has suffered the highest number of disaster deaths of any country in the past two decades, the UN said. Haiti, the...
Typhoon Chaba leaves six dead in South Korea
South Korea cleaned up today after Typhoon Chaba lashed its southern coast with powerful winds and heavy rains that triggered flash floods and left six people dead and four missing. The violent...
Looming megadroughts in western US would make current drought look minor
The harsh drought currently gripping California may appear trivial in the future as new research shows that the south-west US faces the looming threat of “megadroughts” that last for decades....
NASA-Produced Maps Help Gauge Italy Earthquake Damage
A NASA-funded program provided valuable information for responders and groups supporting the recovery efforts for the Aug. 24, 2016, magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck central Italy. The...
Powerful typhoon Chaba barrels toward Japan
Storm and heavy rain warnings were issued today as powerful typhoon Chaba barrelled toward Japan, after lashing the southern coast of South Korea with winds that triggered flash floods and left at...
Rescuing quake-stricken Amatrice’s heritage
The central Italian town of Amatrice is still a mess of toppled buildings and rubble. Buried there are centuries worth of art and artifacts. More than 290 people died after a disastrous...
32 people missing in China landslides following typhoon
At least 32 people were reported missing today after rain-saturated hillsides collapsed onto villages in southeastern China following a typhoon. A rescue operation was underway in Sucun village in...
