Mount Ruang erupted spectacularly last month and has been spewing ash that forced nearby airports to close and flights to be cancelled.

Hong Kong looks to help economies mitigate risks from natural disasters and has partnered with the World Bank in further developing the market for insurance-linked securities.

From top to bottom, rescuers scoured buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabitants stuck in flats or on rooftops as unprecedented flooding submerged neighbourhoods.

Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania have been buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from Tropical Cyclone Hidaya.

Central government authorities urge emergency officials to ‘strengthen’ prevention measures after deadly highway collapse.

Cause of landslide not known but engineer says ‘poor drainage after prolonged rainfall’ may have caused section of highway to collapse early on Wednesday.

Town of Sulphur, in south-central Oklahoma, was particularly hard hit, with scores of buildings ripped apart.

Lightning has killed 360 people in the last five years in Nepal, the third-highest number of fatalities after landslides and fires.

Elderly Japanese are at highest risk from the elevated temperatures, while agriculture – especially the crucial seasonal fruit sector – and fish prices will also feel the impact.

Study finds groundwater changes and building weight appear linked to subsidence; a quarter of China’s coastal land will sink below sea level within a century.

The volcano erupted five times, prompting authorities to close the airport in Manado and issue a warning about falling debris that could cause a tsunami.

Lightning and heavy rains led to the heaviest downpour in decades, flooding villages in Pakistan’s southwestern coast.

A lightning strike killed a group of farmers harvesting wheat in one province. Heavy rains also caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest and east of the country.

Hong Kong is building an arsenal to assist the world with raising funds for managing losses from natural disasters, the Insurance Authority said. It is discovering more issuers, investors and data, as well as cultivating its modelling capabilities and talent.

Dozens of soldiers, police and volunteers are joining the search in two villages amid heavy damage to roads.

Russia warned of ‘unprecedented’ flooding in coming days as locals in a city partially submerged by rising waters took to the streets in rare protest at the authorities’ handling of the crisis.

No major damage was reported, but the danger of aftershocks remains after the tremor shook buildings up and down the East Coast of the US.

Lai visited Hualien, the worst affected area, and urged rescue teams to ‘make the most of every minute’ as hundreds of people remain trapped in collapsed buildings.

The dead include three hikers and a truck driver killed by falling rocks in Hualien on the east coast of the island.

Observatory said minor tsunami 2.75cm above normal sea levels reached city about 1pm and 100 Hongkongers reported feeling small tremors after Taiwan earthquake.

There is a growing need for advanced climate modelling and risk-assessment analytics for better disaster preparedness, as well as planning to reduce risk, protect lives and promote resilience, according to Aon.

The Pioneer mine in the Far Eastern Amur region is one of the largest in the world and one of the most productive in Russia.

Icelandic police declared a state of emergency shortly after the latest eruption on Saturday.

A reunion to remember took place earlier this month when Chinese basketball legend, Yao Ming, and a now-grown-up boy, who was hailed as a hero of the devastating 2008 earthquake in China’s southwestern Sichuan province met again.

Dewi Jaya 2, with at least 35 crew, capsized on Saturday in waters off the remote Selayar Islands in South Sulawesi Province before the 11 were found stranded on two separate atolls after days floating in the sea.