At least five people were killed as cyclone Midhili crossed the country today, inundating low-lying areas in many parts of several southern districts

A man was killed as a branch of a tree fell on him in front of his house at Moghdhora village in Sandwip upazila of Chattogram as Cyclone Midhili lashed Bangladesh coasts this evening

Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, in what could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Indonesia's Banda Sea on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties

Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country's worst earthquake in eight years killed 157 people and shook buildings as far away as New Delhi

Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country's worst earthquake in eight years killed 137 people and shook buildings as far away as New Delhi

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Nepal on Friday, Nepal's National Seismological Centre reported as witnesses said it caused houses in the area to collapse and buildings in New Delhi, India to shake

Sharmin Akhter and her husband salvaging the ravaged fences and wrecked tin roofs of what was once their home in Samitypara area of Cox’s Bazar -- this is what this correspondent saw during his visit to the area yesterday.

The cyclonic storm Hamoon lashed the southern part of Chattogram district on Tuesday night, leaving behind a trail of destruction in Banshkhali, Chandanish, and Satkania upazilas.

Around 250 mud houses were damaged in Samitypara of Cox's Bazar yesterday due to the heavy rain and strong rain caused by Cyclone Hamoon

The severe cyclonic storm Hamoon -- over the Bay of Bengal -- has started crossing Cox's Bazar and Chattogram coasts from 6:00pm today

Residents of St Martin's Island were today urged to find safe shelter as Cyclone Hamoon approached Bangladesh's coasts

The government has asked people of 10 vulnerable coastal districts to move to shelters by 8:00pm today as severe cyclonic storm Hamoon is likely to cross Bangladesh between tonight and tomorrow morning

Positive climate action at scale has never been more urgent. For Bangladesh, a low-lying and densely populated country which finds itself on the frontlines of climate change, this need is more pressing than others.

Natural and man-made disasters have caused $3.8 trillion in crop and livestock losses over 30 years, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said on Friday.

The death toll from an earthquake in western Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to around 120 with 1,000 more injured, disaster relief authorities said, as desperate families dug into the night to free relatives trapped in the rubble

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea's eastern region on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damage

A study done by India's Central Water Commission eight years ago warned the Sikkim government that most of the hydropower projects on the Teesta river are highly vulnerable to events like the disastrous glacial lake outburst that occurred in the northeastern state four days ago

Police believe that the mortar shell belonged to the army and was carried by floodwaters flowing down the hills of Sikkim following heavy rains

The Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in two years and shrunk to its lowest level since precise measurements started 22 years ago as warmer summers reduced snowpack size, researchers said on Thursday