The Latest Breaking News from Natural Disaster

Flooding down the Murray River is likely to be South Australia's most significant natural disaster, the state government says.

New data shows the majority of Australians lived in a local government area that was affected by serious natural disasters in 2022, mostly as a result of widespread flooding across the east coast.

Natural disasters caused billions in damage to the Australian economy in 2022 and the bill is expected to rise from further floods.

Small businesses should get government payments when forced to scale back operations due to employees volunteering, the sector's ombudsman says.

States and local governments soon will have new flexibility to spend billions of dollars of federal coronavirus relief funds on some things not directly related to the pandemic

The Caribbean country has been blighted by colonial exploitation, natural disasters and violent gangs – now a food crisis looms. What can be done to fix Haiti?

State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre has predicted widespread light to moderate rainfall over south interior parts of Karnataka. Read on for details:

A deadly volcanic eruption near Tonga in January was the largest ever recorded with modern equipment, a New Zealand-led team of scientists revealed Monday. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted underwater with a force equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs, unleashing a 15-meter (50-foot) tsunami which demolished homes and killed…

The state's last disaster response authority, Resilience NSW, was scrapped after it was accused of being toothless. But some stakeholders are concerned its replacement could overstep the mark.

The increased frequency of natural disasters could lead to further rise in autocracies, according to new research

For these leaders, finding the strength to shepherd their communities through a devastating natural disaster is one thing. Rebuilding their own lives is quite another.