Neither Porto Alegre, Brazil, nor Valencia, Spain, are in the news this week. But they have been before, and almost certainly will be again, as bouts of extreme drought, followed by deluge, become ...

Portugal has slid back into political uncertainty after its third government in as many years fell when the prime minister ...

U.K. police have opened a criminal investigation into a collision between two ships in the North Sea and have arrested a man ...

A wildfire in northern Japan has damaged over 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, with military helicopters mobilized to help put it out, authorities said on Feb. 27.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Reinsurance company Swiss Re said on Thursday that claims from wildfires in Los Angeles would be less than $700 million and would impact its first quarter results ...

Along those lines, a news summary from CalMatters offers some of the most encouraging news we’ve seen in a while: “The recent spate of L.A. fires has led many different parties to re-examine ...

Brazil: The Amazon on Fire Brazil is often at the forefront of forest fire discussions, particularly due to the Amazon rainforest, which is crucial for global biodiversity and carbon storage. In 2023, ...

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) – German reinsurance giant Munich Re said Wednesday that last month's huge wildfires in Los Angeles had been the costliest "in the history of the insurance industry".

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Even seven weeks after the Palisades Fire erupted, many questions still remain unanswered. After weeks of asking, 7 On Your Side Investigates was finally granted an interview ...

Citing issues with funding, Maui Economic Opportunity announced Monday that the National Dislocated Worker Grant, or NDWG, which provided jobs for people affected by the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires ...

Brown, 35, was among nearly 50 people displaced in January after the massive Eaton Fire destroyed one property and damaged another operated by the nonprofit Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and ...

As California struggles to defend itself against increasingly destructive urban wildfires, recent fire deaths in Altadena highlight what researchers say is a growing trend in victim demographics.