The death toll from strong earthquakes in western Afghanistan, one of the deadliest earthquakes to shake the country in two decades, has risen to more than 2,000, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed
Residents of a European city live in fear of a Supervolcano eruption with earthquakes every day. The powerful earthquake that shook Naples on Monday caused huge damage in the historic city but it also served as a warning that a future quake
The discovery of two skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site point to deaths by powerful earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the first century, experts said Tuesday, in addition to the victims of
Turkey’s massive earthquakes have seen a homeless undertaker move with his wife and four boys to live next to the cemetery where he works in the city of Iskenderun. Ali Dogru relocated his family from their damaged apartment to the cemetery immediately
Turkey has been struck by another earthquake of magnitude 5.0, striking the Hatan province on Thursday. This is the fourth quake to hit the region this month. 47,000 people have died in the aftermath of the three earlier earthquakes. The epicentre, according
FIFA has allocated $1 million to its FIFA Foundation to provide humanitarian aid to people affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, soccer’s world governing body said on Friday. The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed over
A Syrian newborn whose mother gave birth while buried in earthquake rubble has received a name fitting her circumstances. A doctor at Afrin children’s hospital in Aleppo has named the baby girl Aya – the Arabic word for miracle – after rescuers
The United Nations activated its emergency mapping satellite service in the wake of the horrific earthquakes that devastated Turkey and Syria on Monday. More than 5,300 people were reported dead as of Tuesday, with the death toll from the disasters expected to
In 2022 the world witnessed a series of major disasters that caused widespread destruction, tearing up homes and communities and, in some cases, taking lives. Here is a look back at some of the biggest natural disasters in the United States and