natural disaster

Krystal Eve Browitt, a 21-year-old Australian from the city of Melbourne, is the first of 15 people who died in the explosion to be named by the New Zealand police following the White Island eruption last week.

The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning urging people in the San Francisco Bay Area to prepare for dangerously strong offshore winds that will cause fires to spread rapidly.

In Sonoma, the Kincade fire has devastated more than 23,000 acres and was only 5 percent contained as of Friday. For comparison, Disney World covers roughly 25,000 acres.

Speaking to The Weather Channel Thursday morning, Rod Carroll, Chief of the Vidor Police Department in Texas, told reporters flooding in the town was "worse during this storm than it was during Hurricane Harvey."

"It's bad. Homes that did not flood in Harvey are flooding now."

The impact of climate change is set to rise, especially if global action to halt greenhouse gas emissions stagnates. More vulnerable communities will need to move away from their current homes.

"With the tsunami, we can only pray humbly and not celebrate much for this year's Christmas," Pastor Rusman Anita Sitorus said.

This year has seen deadly flooding, heatwaves and typhoons.

She wanted to bring some positivity back to the name Florence.

One Tennessee trucker was on a mission to save "the leftovers" from harm's way.

The central city of Kumagaya broke the country's heat record, while Tokyo reached 104 degrees for the first time ever.

Experts predict that there may be more than 140 million climate migrants moving within their countries by 2050.

Billy Graham discusses the storm, the mystery of evil and a regret from his long ministry.

Standard radio signals often fail because they can't penetrate complex materials like water or rock. Quantum radio can.

The region is in the middle of the strongest and longest wind event of the year.

New evidence has found that the San Jacinto Fault zone, in California, is not as quiet as we thought and may be due for a big quake.

The "really big one" is set to hit the Pacific Northwest any day now, and here are some predictions of how that might unfold.

The bill would provide $36.5 billion to aid communities affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and wildfires in Northern California.

FEMA posted a help wanted ad on Monday for job applicants after several natural disasters left portions of the country devastated and without basic supplies, and the federal government struggles to respond.

But authorities say they can't predict exactly when the blast will happen.

More than 35,000 people have evacuated.

Congress will need to dig deep into the government's pockets as families struggle with hurricane recovery, says former official.

On Monday, downed trees and debris cluttered the happiest place on Earth.

An estimated 1.3 million gators live in the Sunshine State.

St. Martin, Puerto Rico and Barbuda all saw significant damage.

It's hard to predict where the storm will go, but the Sunshine State is frantically preparing.

It is expected to bring winds of up to 57 mph when it slams into the Sunshine State Saturday.

The Latino community worries the agents sent to help with search and rescue will also carry out immigration enforcement, but ICE says they won't.

First, school administrators will have to make sure the buildings are safe. Then they'll have to comfort the kids.

Many people in flooded areas around Houston don't have appropriate insurance, experts say.