And who can forget Chernobyl? Not exactly a natural disaster, but the eerily quiet, radiation-drenched aftermath had all the hallmarks of one. Let’s count down our top 10 picks for the best shows on ...

The skies have their disasters and such trauma as Thredbo and Granville to name just two. The one common thread with all these has been to recover the bodies. This has been followed by Christian ...

Japan has released a report detailing countermeasures to be taken if Mount Fuji were to erupt and release vast amounts of volcanic ash across the east of the country, including Tokyo. While there ...

Last week, she was vacationing in Hawaii, enjoying the sunshine and scenery of Waikiki beach with her husband and their two kids, aged 12 and six, when disaster struck. The impact of a standing on ...

The head of an emergency managers’ association told state and local disaster agencies to start planning “to operate in a world without FEMA.” “Think: Worst of Worst (WOW) scenario ...

Fukushima. Three Mile Island. Chernobyl. Places that will forever be remembered as the sites of nuclear disasters. Most people will have heard of them. But fewer are aware of the Windscale fire.

Taiwan holds civil defence drills under auspices of new committee Senior Western diplomats attend drills in southern Taiwan Taiwan faces Chinese military threats, quakes and typhoons TAINAN ...

(Mainichi/Tadashi Kako) TOKYO -- Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) did not include "complex disasters," a situation when nuclear accidents occur simultaneously with natural disasters ...

Climate disasters, cyber crime and even armed conflict: The EU wants its members to be more ready for crisis. "Prepare, but don't panic," is the message. Do you have enough supplies stored to get ...

Last year was one of the worst years for U.S. natural disasters, according to researchers, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) future remains uncertain. Major disaster ...

The executive order, however, is all too real. It is the Trump administration’s attempt to offload responsibility for disasters to state and local governments, seeking to “inject common sense ...