The Latest Breaking News from Natural Disaster

With climate change on the rise, employers need to figure out how to support employees after a natural disaster.

380 municipalities across France have been designated as natural disaster zones, according to a decree published in the Official Journal on Tuesday. This is mostly due to damage caused by exceptional floods that occurred from 16 to 20 October which particularly affected regions in the centre-east and the south of…

Survivors of worst natural disaster to hit Spain this century have awoken to scenes of devastation after villages were wiped out by monstrous flash floods that claimed at least 95 lives

Australia's emergency response system is in need of widespread reform if the nation is to keep up with the growing threat of natural disasters.

A special fund for the prevention of major natural hazards – known as the ‘Barnier fund’ after the newly appointed prime minister – is at the heart of a debate between the French government and insurance companies, who are divided over its financing.

Upper Hunter earthquakes not considered to be natural disasters.

The trauma of natural disasters doesn’t end when the storm or wildfire is gone, or even when communities are being put back together and homes have been rebuilt.

North Carolina and Florida are changing administrative rules and, in some cases, issuing emergency funding that is intended to make it easier for people in areas damaged by Hurricanes Helene and Milton to vote.

Remember when the existence of natural disasters wasn’t up for ‘debate’? It seems like a long time ago now, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde