A major earthquake shook the Los Angeles area in the middle of the morning rush hour on Thursday. The United States Geological Survey has given a preliminary measurement of 4.7 for the earthquake, but the measure remains fluid. The USGS says the quake originated more than 4 miles north of Malibu. An aftershock of roughly...
With Hurricane Francine threatening the Gulf Coast, it is a reminder to be prepared in case of a natural disaster. Francine is forecast to make landfall along the Louisiana coast early Thursday, leaving residents little time to prepare. But there are some recommended provisions that can help alleviate a family’s concerns in the event of...
Dayna Wyland, a Lake Arrowhead, California, resident who has been called the “unluckiest woman,” says she has seen her fair share of natural disasters and is currently on the move evacuating from devastating wildfires. “I’m nervous now, and I know so many people in Running Springs, the next little tiny town over that are losing...
British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, known as Britain’s Bill Gates, and two Americans are among six missing after a luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Italy, killing at least one man. The 184-foot British-flagged Bayesian carrying foreign tourists capsized and sank off Sicily in bad weather early Monday. One body was found, six people...
A standalone sequel to the 1996 “Twisters” movie hit the box office last month, and the cast sat down with Fox News to discuss how they feel about natural disasters. The 2024 “Twisters” film, which has been rocking the box office (grossing more than $220 million to date, according to multiple reports), takes viewers through...
Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris Wednesday from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India, police said. The landslides occurred after torrential rains triggered torrents of mud and water that swept through tea estates and villages. Another 186 people were injured by the landslides that hit hilly...
Landslides swept through tea estates in southern India’s Kerala state on Tuesday, killing over 50 people, authorities said, as hillsides collapsed after heavy rain and sent rivers of mud, water and boulders on homes of workers and villagers. The hillsides gave way after midnight following torrential rainfall on Monday in the Wayanad district of Kerala,...
At least 157 people were killed in mudslides in a remote part of Ethiopia that has been hit with heavy rainfall, many of them as they tried to rescue survivors of an earlier mudslide, local authorities said Tuesday. Young children and pregnant women were among the victims of the mudslides in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi...
A group of 50 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 were hiking in Salina Canyon, Utah, when the unexpected occurred. The boys and girls were on a youth excursion with their church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, trekking through mud when a storm rolled in and lightning struck the ground...
A landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people, officials said Monday. Dozens of others were reported missing. About 79 villagers were digging for grains of gold on Sunday in the remote Bone Bolango district in Gorontalo province when tons of mud...
