CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (Reuters) - Rescuers searched for more than 800 people missing in the southern Philippines on
Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and dozens more are missing after a Russian oil rig capsized and sank
Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane - a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide - have
Video Report:Aerial views show the destruction left behind by typhoon Washi after it lashed the southern Philippines, killing over
More than 600 people were feared killed on Saturday when tropical storm Washi whipped the southern Philippines, unleashing mammoth
Vast expanses of floating debris have slowly been making their way across the Pacific since the powerful tsunami swept
Japan says it has finally brought leaking reactors at Fukushima under control in a move authorities say is a
RENNES, France (Reuters) - Storm winds and torrential rain lashed France on Friday, cutting off electricity supplies to hundreds

The disasters that plagued the globe this year will send 2011 into the record books as the most costly
A state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's Tasman district after the worst flooding there in decades. Communities