Kentucky's recent tornadic activity has shaken long-standing ideas about the state's risk of death and destruction.

A week after floods flattened over 250 houses and killed at least 200 people in north-central Nigeria, aid is only just beginning to reach survivors of the disaster .

Part of the Earth’s natural cycles of warming and cooling, heatwaves have always affected our planet. However, climate change means that intense and prolonged heat events are now impacting areas ...

On Thursday, the UN Human Rights Committee decided a case against Guatemala, ruling the country violated the rights of a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant from rape by forcing her to continue the ...

The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage.

Multiple counties in northeast Kansas were placed under flood watch advisories on Tuesday after a round of storms. 27 News ...

A flash flood warning has been issued for Bernalillo County amid heavy rainfall in the Albuquerque metro. The warning was ...