Changing climate parches Afghanistan, exacerbating poverty
SANG-E-ATASH, Afghanistan -- Fed by rain and snowmelt from mountains, this valley nestled among northwestern Afghanistan’s jagged peaks was once ...
Tag: Disaster planning and response
Canada sending military personnel to help with BC floods
The Canadian government is sending in more air force personnel to the Pacific coast Canadian province of British Columbia to ...
Merkel: Rebuilding of flood-hit areas will take a long time
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says “it will take a long time” until the regions damaged by devastating floods in July ...
Haitian quake victims rush aid sites, take food and supplies
LES CAYES, Haiti -- Haitians left hungry and homeless by a devastating earthquake swarmed relief trucks and in some cases ...
Gangs abduct 2 doctors in Haiti, including a needed surgeon
Officials say two doctors at hospitals treating earthquake victims in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince have been kidnapped, forcing one of ...
Hurricane Grace heads toward hit on Mexico’s Caribbean coast
Mexico’s Caribbean coast is readying for the arrival of Hurricane Grace, evacuating some smaller hotels, opening shelters and suspending ferry ...
Death toll in floods that hit northern Turkey climbs to 70
Rescuers have recovered more bodies from the site of severe flooding that devastated a town in northern Turkey, bringing the ...
Fire devours Greek island’s forests; residents urged to flee
PEFKI, Greece -- Pillars of billowing smoke and ash turned the sky orange and blocked out the sun above Greece's ...
Thousands more flee fires outside Athens amid heat wave
Thousands of residents of the Greek capital have fled to safety from a wildfire that burned for a fourth day ...
