Natural disasters

Volunteer rescuers search for human remains in the rubble of burned homes in Paradise, California on November 15, 2018. Photo: AP

California fire missing shoots past 600, while death toll hits 63

Search teams continue to poke through rubble looking for human remains in towns devastated by the massive blaze.

16 Nov 2018 - 11:34am 3

California fires: in the ashes of Paradise, they sift for the victims with sieves

California fires: in ashes of Paradise, they sift for victims with sieves

13 Nov 2018 - 3:18pm 1

Yuba and Butte County Sheriff officers label a body bag in Concow, California. Photo: AFP

Fears for 228 missing as merciless wildfires scorch California

12 Nov 2018 - 10:38pm 1

Gerard Butler in front of what remains of his Malibu home. Photo: Instagram

Gerard Butler shares chilling photo of his ‘half-gone’ Malibu home

12 Nov 2018 - 2:22pm 6

Residents and volunteers work to save animals and belongings in the area affected by a landslide. Photo: AFP

Rio de Janeiro landslide kills 14

12 Nov 2018 - 3:14am

Flames from the Camp fire burn near a home atop a ridge near Big Bend, California. Photo: AFP

Death toll hits 25 from wildfires at both ends of California

12 Nov 2018 - 1:26am 2

A helicopter drops water on a brush fire behind homes during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu. Photo: AP

Malibu homeowners – famous and not – await word of fire’s toll

11 Nov 2018 - 10:12am

Paradise loss: death toll hits 23 as 250,000 flee worst fires in California history

Death toll hits 23 as 250,000 flee worst fires in California history

11 Nov 2018 - 11:04pm 4

Kate Elizabeth Hallam and David Tickle with the fire in the background. Photo: handout

One couple’s midnight flight from wildfires raging in California

10 Nov 2018 - 6:37pm 1

Floodwaters rage through the ancient city of Petra in Jordan on Friday. Photo: Twitter / @AKalefah

Watch: tourists flee as flash floods roar through ancient city of Petra

10 Nov 2018 - 6:31am

A cameraman films the Tokai Daini nuclear power plant's reactor during a media tour. Photo: Reuters

Japan’s nuclear watchdog lets ageing, tsunami-hit plant stay open

8 Nov 2018 - 12:27am 1

Staff at a shop in Central seal windows with masking tape, as Typhoon Mangkhut approached Hong Kong on September 15. Photo: Felix Wong

Why it’s best to keep windows shut in a Hong Kong typhoon

6 Nov 2018 - 5:05pm

Rescuers prepare to dig through the earth to search for survivors after a massive landslide, set off by Typhoon Yutu. Photo: AP

Philippine rescuers work to free people trapped by landslide

31 Oct 2018 - 10:17pm

Wrecked yachts and debris cover the shoreline in Rapallo, Italy, after a huge storm surge shattered a harbour breakwall. Photo: Reuters

‘Like a tsunami’: 11 dead in Italy storm that threw yachts like toys

31 Oct 2018 - 9:32pm

‘You could feel the explosion’: how Indonesia Lion Air tragedy unfolded

30 Oct 2018 - 8:35pm 21

The passenger crush at Kowloon Tong MTR station amid severely disrupted train services on September 17, a day after Typhoon Mangkhut hit the city. Photo: Winson Wong

Hospital Authority should have treated staff with compassion after Mangkhut

26 Oct 2018 - 5:53am 2

Even after Super Typhoon Yutu had moved away, emergency management officials warned residents to stay indoors because downed power lines blocked roadways
The territory will need significant help to recover from the storm that injured several people, said the territory’s delegate

Super typhoon devastates Northern Marianas, killing 1 on US territory

26 Oct 2018 - 11:22pm

People march in Causeway Bay on October 14, protesting against the government’s proposal to build an artificial island off Lantau Island for housing. Photo: Edward Wong

Five reasons to oppose Carrie Lam’s artificial island, besides cost

18 Oct 2018 - 6:06am 2

A pedestrian caught without an umbrella walks under heavy rain in Causeway Bay in August 2017. Photo: Fung Chang

Observatory’s weather updates do not inspire confidence

18 Oct 2018 - 4:33am 1

Shauna Benefield and Alex Edwards stand near a sign warning looters in front of their house in Marianna, Florida. Photo: AP

Hurricane Michael: powerless victims in Florida hit by armed looters

17 Oct 2018 - 11:42pm 2

Children walk under collapsed trees along Tin Ping Road in Sheung Shui after Typhoon Mangkhut. Photo: Sam Tsang

Do we really want an urban Hong Kong devoid of trees?

17 Oct 2018 - 7:57pm 6

A resident of Lantau’s Nim Shue Wan village sits facing the sea where an artificial island will be built if government plans are approved. Photo: Reuters

Why build a fake island when China has so much land?

17 Oct 2018 - 6:15am 3

Protesters against the proposed reclamation off Lantau Island have called the huge artificial island dangerous to the environment and severely vulnerable to future bouts of extreme weather. Photo: Paul Yeung

Are more flats through reclamation worth it if the housing isn’t safe?

16 Oct 2018 - 11:10am

People use a heavy equipment to remove debris after flash floods hit the Saladi village in Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra. Photo: AFP

Dozens dead in Indonesia following flash floods and landslides

13 Oct 2018 - 11:46pm

About 1.5 million homes and businesses were without power from Florida to Virginia early on Friday, following the arrival of the hurricane, which continued inland as a dangerous storm

Teams search for Hurricane Michael victims as death toll expected to rise

13 Oct 2018 - 5:39am

Damaged houses after a landslide in Bududa, Uganda on October 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Dozens dead in Uganda after landslides destroy homes, buries animals

12 Oct 2018 - 9:12pm

Rescuers work among ruins in Palu. Photo: Xinhua

Indonesian city hit by quake, tsunami will take two years to rebuild

12 Oct 2018 - 10:50am

Mary Norris weeps as she loads up items from her friend's destroyed house after Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Flattened Florida Panhandle picks up the pieces as storm Michael moves on

12 Oct 2018 - 5:55am 2

Broken trees cause roadblocks on Queensway, in Admiralty, on September 17, the day after Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into Hong Kong. The disruptions to public transport, even as employees were expected to return to work the next day, were high on Hongkongers’ list of complaints after Mangkhut. Photo: Felix Wong

Critics of Hong Kong’s response to Typhoon Mangkhut have a point

11 Oct 2018 - 7:36pm

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