Natural disasters

ROME — Mount Etna, the volcano towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Authorities said that better weather has slowed the growth of…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it would end a policy that prevented many…

A new report from the United Nations weather agency finds the world is getting several…

Residents across Louisiana’s coast are taking one last day to prepare for what is being…

Tropical Storm Ida has prompted a hurricane warning for New Orleans and an emergency declaration…

FIREBAUGH, Calif. — As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the…

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — La Soufriere volcano shot out another explosive burst of gas and…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As several states in the American West face intense drought, it’s shaping…

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The eruption of a long-dormant volcano that sent streams of lava flowing…