At least 31 people have been killed after floods caused by heavy monsoon rain spell wash away homes and destroy crops.

A day ahead of the G20 Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction meeting that is scheduled to take place on July 24-26, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Member Secretary Kamal Kishore on July 23 said that third and the final...

Lives and livelihoods ruined in South Korea's devastating flash floods - triggered by heavy rain.

The oil tanker poses a grave environmental threat to this region and beyond.

Current drones used to hoist fire hoses up tall buildings and drop fire retardants are made of plastics and cannot fly near a fire.

In 2013 a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Que., killing 47 people and destroying the centre of town. Ten years later, trains sometimes carrying dangerous materials still roll through town, and a...

Debris, including the nose cone, from the doomed OceanGate Titan submersible is now with investigators in St. John’s who hope it will shed light on why the sub imploded, killing all 5 on board.

The price tag to find the doomed OceanGate Titan submersible keeps growing as efforts now shift to recovering wreckage. Ships, planes and other resources poured in from multiple countries including Canada, the U.S, Britain and France...

A dangerous cyclone has made landfall along coastal areas of Pakistan and India, bringing flooding, destruction and chaos.

State volcanologists warn people to prepare for evacuation in case activity escalates.

A CBC News team is on the ground in the Kherson flood disaster zone in southern Ukraine, where floodwaters are receding, but much of the city remains underwater amid widespread ecological damage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin blames Kyiv and Western supporters in first comments on destroyed Kakhovka dam.

Ukrainian officials say the floodwaters in Kherson are beginning to drop, but evacuations continue on streets submerged with dirty water that contains everything from oil to animal carcasses.

Fears of a U.S. government shutdown are easing after President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck an ‘agreement in principle’ to raise the country’s legal debt ceiling. Both sides made compromises that may prove difficult...

Rescuers in Davenport, Iowa, still hope to find several missing residents almost a week after a six-storey apartment partially collapsed, but officials warned that what's left of the building could disintegrate at any time.

Ron DeSantis has entered the 2024 US presidential race, but his live chat with Elon Musk on Twitter didn't exactly go as planned.

Fears of a U.S. government shutdown are easing after President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck an ‘agreement in principle’ to raise the country’s legal debt ceiling. Both sides made compromises that may prove difficult...

Severe flooding has swamped parts of Somalia, with at least 250,000 people forced to flee a central region that locals say now looks more like an ocean. This disaster comes after more than 40,000 people died in 2022 from a drought that...

Voters are worried about the economy and earthquake reconstruction

A brief window of wetter and cooler weather is allowing fire crews to tackle the dozens of wildfires burning across Alberta. Nearly 30,000 people are still out of their homes.

Alberta government officials say there are now 78 active wildfires in the province, several of them out of control. Wildfires have forced the evacuation of thousands of people from Drayton Valley and Brazeau County west of Edmonton.

Alberta's Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says Albertans under evacuation notice should not delay leaving their homes as fires are burning out of control and the situation is evolving rapidly.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to talk to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday regarding federal aid for the province's wildfire crisis. There are 105 active fires in Alberta, with 29 considered out of control.

Prosecutors have argued that the executives were aware of the dangers of a nuclear plant located on Japan’s coast.