An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for ...

Afghanistan was struck by a 3.8 magnitude earthquake on Sunday, following a 4.2 magnitude quake on Saturday. The shallow ...

Climate change is affecting the hydrological cycle and increasing the frequency and intensity of storms. Over 90 per cent of disasters are weather-related, including drought and aridification, ...

As per the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan remains highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including seasonal flooding, landslides and ...

Nanette Diaz Barragán urged the Federal Communications Commission on Monday to follow through on plans to modernize the federal emergency alert system and provide multilingual alerts in natural ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The suspension of the US foreign aid for humanitarian programs in Afghanistan has a negative impact as recently Washington handed over responsibility for dealing with natural ...

and food in Afghanistan, the report added. Reuters reported the US State Department has transferred responsibility for responding to natural disasters abroad, previously handled by USAID ...

A case study on how one school district navigated crisis response, mental health support, and community rebuilding after the largest wildfire in Colorado history. In December 2021, the Marshall Fires ...

None of the requests have been answered yet. It takes a long bureaucratic process for the state to apply for federal disaster aid. Before or after a disaster, the governor can issue a “state of ...

A feng shui master urges people to stay away. This might sound like the plot of a disaster movie but for Japan’s tourism industry, a recent spate of so-called earthquake-related “predictions ...

making it harder for communities to prepare for and recover from natural disasters. These decisions will weaken the economy and — more important — could cost lives. Start with the ...

This means states impacted by natural disasters will only receive federal assistance “when deemed necessary,” Richardson said. The move could drastically shrink the amount of aid states can ...