The Latest Breaking News from Natural Disaster

The moment breaking news flashes across screens about a massive earthquake, hurricane, or flood, something else starts moving just as quickly: donations. People open their wallets at lightning speed, and charity appeals skyrocket overnight. It feels almost automatic, like a collective instinct to help.

The most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province – also the worst flood in South Africa for more than a century – has sparked two major lawsuits by insurance companies whose business clients suffered massive flood damage.

Are we ready for the next one?

Algal bloom spreads across hundreds of kilometres, killing thousands of fish, rays, sharks and dolphins, and scientists warn it could spread further

Inquiry to look into water quality, tourism, ecosystem health, Indigenous communities, fishing, and responses of state and federal governments

Greens’ Sarah Hanson-Young warns $14m in federal funding ‘nowhere near’ enough to support South Australian communities reeling from toxic algal bloom covering coast

Governments are working to find a way to help industries affected by a devastating algal bloom, which falls outside existing natural disaster criteria.

It’s every homeowner’s nightmare: losing your home not to natural disaster or foreclosure, but a tiny technicality you never saw coming. These stories aren’t about irresponsible borrowers… They’re about people blindsided by obscure laws and bureaucratic mistakes. From unpaid tax fees to lost paperwork, these homeowners lost everything, and many…

Syria’s wildfires are the first major natural disaster since the country overthrew the al-Assad regime in December.