Natural Disasters Storyboard

As the country reels from a flood that has left at least 211 people dead, ordinary citizens have flocked to devastated areas to help clean, donate and rebuild.

More than 120 people have been killed and dozens are missing after floods and landslides hit the Philippines in the wake of Tropical Storm Trami.

State battered by category 3 storm overnight, leaving more than 3.4m homes and businesses without power Hurricane Milton - live updates At least four people were confirmed killed on Thursday as... Florida began to assess the damage from Hurricane Milton, a category 3 storm that caused extensive property damage across the state and left more than 3.4m homes and businesses without power. Authorities said the fatalities were in a senior community in St Lucie county that was struck by a tornado formed in Milton's outer bands. The tornado happened before the hurricane made landfall near Sarasota on Florida's western coast on Wednesday evening.

The storm's death toll has climbed past 225, but many people remain unaccounted for and searching for them is complicated. Their families are desperate for answers.

The surge could be 15 to 20 feet higher than normal tide levels, flooding dozens of communities along the Gulf Coast.

Myanmar's ruling junta has requested foreign aid as large areas are inundated, state-run media report.

Unprecedented flooding in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul has upended transportation, closing the airport in the capital Porto Alegre and segments of major highways.

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken Western Afghanistan.

Hurricane Lidia made landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Tuesday evening with winds of 140 mph near Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta.

Hurricane Lee has claimed two victims in the US so far -- a 51-year-old man who was killed by a falling tree branch in Maine on Saturday and a teenager who drowned off Florida earlier this week,... according to reports. The Maine resident was driving west along Route 1 near Prospect Street in Searsport when...

The number of deaths is expected to continue rising as search and rescue teams recover more bodies in what the U.N. has described as a "calamity of epic proportions."

More than 2,000 people are believed to have died in devastating floods in eastern Libya, the country's military spokesman said in a press conference.

Thousands of people who survived the Morocco earthquake have spent the night sleeping rough - with many losing their homes or too fearful to head indoors.

Video captured the moment a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco, rattling a restaurant in Marrakech and aftermath of the quake shows a building reduced to rubble.

The quake, centered in the mountains just outside of Marrakesh, was the strongest to hit that area in a century. "It didn't last long, but felt like years," said one woman who lives near the... epicenter.

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed at least 296 people, according to Morocco's Interior Ministry.

A fierce storm in southern Brazil has killed at least 21 people and displaced over 1,600 others, as several cities were flooded Tuesday.

Category 4 storm took last-minute turn away from Florida state capital and weakened slightly just before landfall A clearer picture was beginning to emerge on Friday of devastation caused by Hurricane... Idalia across five states, as analysts suggested the effects could have been far worse. The center of the cyclone that struck Florida's Gulf coast as a category 4 hurricane early on Wednesday with 160mph gusts took a last-minute turn away from the state capital, Tallahassee, and into sparsely populated coastal communities in the Big Bend region. Associated Press contributed reporting

Within a day of officials releasing 388 names of people unaccounted for following Maui wildfires, dozens have said they are safe Within a day of Hawaiian authorities releasing 388 names of people... unaccounted for following the deadly wildfires on Maui, more than 100 of them or their relatives came forward to say they were safe, the FBI has said. The agency is reviewing the information provided and working to remove the names from the list.

Extreme heat has turned much of the country into a tinderbox. More than 350 fires have broken out in the past five days, the government said.

Governor Josh Green tells people to prepare for 'a lot more loss of life' as search continues for bodies in ruins of Lahaina Hawaii's governor, Josh Green, has warned residents to prepare for "a lot... more loss of life", as officials ask for DNA submissions and fingerprints from survivors to help identify relatives who were killed by the Maui wildfires, as huge numbers are still missing. Green urged Hawaiians to brace for a higher death toll from the destruction on the second largest island in the Hawaiian chain, as police still work to find those unaccounted for.

First responders needed rescuing after the hill behind their firehouse gave way and blocked the road.

Indian Canyon Drive, Gene Autry Trail and Vista Chino Street at the washes will be closed from midnight until further notice.      

The aftermath of the apocalyptic wildfires that ravaged the island of Maui is "not unlike 9/11" for Hawaiian first responders, some of whom have experienced the toll of both tragedies first hand, an... official said.

FEMA said it has already given Maui wildfire survivors more than $5.6 million in aid as more federal relief is anticipated.