natural disasters

One small piece of a Kentucky family’s memories will survive despite the tornadoes that ripped through western Kentucky overnight Friday. Katie Posten of New Albany, Indiana, wrote a social media ...

Over the weekend, tornadoes barreled through multiple states and caused significant damage. One of the hardest-hit states was Kentucky, where the tornadoes decimated countless homes and structures on Friday night. ...

Rep. Eric Swalwell doesn't seem to know what the words "too soon" mean. Just hours after dozens were killed in Kentucky and several other states because of tornadoes, the California ...

To paraphrase Rahm Emanuel, never let a good tragedy go to waste. Take the storms that ripped through a number of states and killed dozens of people late Friday and ...

"We fought the fire until we couldn’t fight it no more."

People on the island of Crete, Greece's largest island, were jolted by a large earthquake that rumbled through on Monday at 9:17 a.m. The epicenter of the earthquake was traced ...

"I mean, you can’t build to what it was before this last storm, you got to build better, so if the storm occurred again, there would be no damage."

"They don’t call them that anymore."

This has not been a great week for many people in New York City, as storms pelted the area, turning roads into waterways and flooding homes. Cars were stuck and ...

The most memorable video from the visit was not from his speeches at all.

Emily Williams, 16, from Wiggins, Mississippi, is currently recovering from multiple injuries, including a broken leg, a broken wrist and a torn colon -- and yet, she is thankful to ...

Rosa Amonte has worked with the NYC transit system for eight years. She knows the city and her bus well, and that knowledge came in very handy last week when ...

Serving the community as a lifeguard has become a tradition in the Pinto family. Brothers Tyler, Keith and Kevin have all spent time watching over beachgoers in New Jersey. Keith, ...

On Aug. 20, the Coplin family was looking forward to a weekend away, camping at Piney River RV Resort in Bon Aqua, Tennessee. Not knowing the intense flooding that was ...

A volcano that laid dormant for 800 years is spewing lava in Iceland with no end to the eruption in sight. Fagradalsfjall erupted on March 19, according to NASA. The ...

People tend to learn the pitfalls of their local areas pretty quickly, often through trial and error. You learn which streets will get you to your destination the fastest, where ...

For 30 years, Brian and Sheri Lasher have made their home on several acres in New River, Arizona. They raised their two daughters, have gotten to know the land and ...

As floodwaters deluged parts of Arizona, daring helicopter rescues Friday plucked multiple groups from fast-moving water. Monsoons struck Arizona last week, triggering severe flooding. Drivers who tried to make their ...

Infotainment television was taken to a whole new level in Germany this week as floods ravaged Europe. Journalist Susanna Ohlen of the television network RTL has been suspended for putting ...

"There was standing water all over the parking garage."