Natural Disasters

Scientists investigating Nepal’s deadly Rasuwa district floods have found that a sudden, undetected ice-rock avalanche high in the Himalayas triggered the disaster, exposing the…

It is shocking that a post-1994 dispensation, emerging from a colonial-apartheid liberation struggle whose core objective was the return of land, has presided over the increase…

Communities and internally displaced persons are emotionally and physically bearing the brunt of decades of instability

As climate change hits, natural disasters will happen more frequently, and it is better to make provision for them than scramble to mop up afterwards

Collapsed Cameroonian embankment kills 14 funeral attendees, including survivor’s mother, brother and best friend.

Extreme weather conditions due to climate change are set to increase, meaning higher premiums

Future-proofing schools against the damaging effects of global climate change is essential

Long-standing issues on climate finance will make or break COP26, says environment, forestry and fisheries minister

South Africa’s climate change transition risk is 5.6 on a scale of one to 10, with 10 being the highest

Several factors unique to the continent will complicate the efforts to reduce coronavirus infections

Before we get to the response to Cyclone Idai, it is worth reminding ourselves about how richer countries respond to similar natural disasters.

Over 300 people have died and 350 000 at risk as Cyclone Idai tears through southern Africa

The eastern district of Chimanimani was worst-hit, with houses and most of the region’s bridges washed away by flash floods

Muralee Thummarukudy, a UN disaster response expert, and ecologist Madhav Gadgil warned in 2011 that a mega-monsoon was inevitable

Massive columns of thick grey smoke have been pouring out of Mount Agung and have shot more than three kilometres into the sky