In addition to the loss of human lives, heavy rains led to 714 livestock deaths, with ₹1.20 crore distributed as compensation ...

To save the lives and protect the health of survivors of the massive Noto Peninsula earthquake that hit central Japan on Jan.

Japan's weather agency has declared a heatwave sweeping the country a natural disaster, with at least 65 deaths recorded in the past week. An agency spokesman warned that "unprecedented levels of ...

Disaster-related deaths refer to deaths not from direct causes such as house collapses and fires, but due to worsening health caused by disasters or illness brought on by the burden of living in ...

The number of weather-related disasters to hit the world has increased five-fold over the past 50 years, says the World Meteorological Organization. However, the number of deaths because of the ...

"The death toll from the natural disaster in northeastern Libya has exceeded 11,000, with about 20,000 people still missing," the organization said in a statement quoted by the Al Arabiya TV channel.

In general, municipal governments determine causal relationships between deaths and disasters and certify each case based on the disaster condolence payment system. Wajima city said 26 bereaved ...

JAKARTA, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Hydrometeorological disasters that have hit Sukabumi in Indonesia's West Java province since last Tuesday have claimed at least 10 lives, with two others still missing, the ...

The 10 deadliest extreme weather events of the previous two decades, which contributed to some 570,000 deaths, were all intensified by human-caused climate change, according to a new study from World ...