Vast torrents of volcanic mud washing down the slopes of Mount Merapi have destroyed or damaged more than 600
JAPAN'S health ministry has asked water purification plants nationwide to stop taking in rainwater and cover pools with tarpaulins
More than one billion urban residents will face serious water shortages by 2050 as climate change worsens effects of
Trace amounts of radioactive iodine linked to Japan's crippled nuclear power station have turned up in rainwater samples as
Japan's meteorological agency says it has cancelled an earlier tsunami warning for the country's devastated north-east coast. The agency earlier
Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a shallow 6.5 earthquake struck off the Miyagi coast, the Japan Meteorological
Japan appeared resigned on Monday to a long fight to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years
Rescuers battled on Saturday to reach thousands of survivors in remote areas of Myanmar after an earthquake tore up
Serious floods in the south of Thailand have killed three people and affected tens of thousands more, causing about
Five central European countries signed an accord to launch a cross-border nature reserve in an area known as Europe's