Natural Disasters News

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.3 struck this morning in Danville.

JAKARTA: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook the Indonesian island of Sumbawa where people fled their rattling homes Saturday but no damage or injuries were reported.

Virginia Tech's Seismological Observatory says a small earthquake that struck central Virginia prompted numerous reports of weak to light shaking but it didn't cause any damage.

The National Weather Service has posted a winter weather advisory for the Lake Tahoe region beginning at noon Friday and running through midnight.

Light ash has fallen over the capital of Montserrat after the Caribbean island's temperamental volcano hurled another round of hot rocks and gases.

The spread of HIV in Washington has reached severe epidemic proportions with African-Americans bearing the brunt of the rates of infection.

A survey carried out in eight European countries has shown that closing schools in the event of an infectious disease pandemic could have a significant role in reducing illness transmission.

The first 27 days in Samoa are reviewed with footage not previously shown, including Russell creating chaos for the newly merged Aiga tribe.

World Health Organization Assistant Director Keiji Fukuda, July 3, 2009. Dr. Keiji Fukuda says two clusters of Tamiflu resistance in H1N1 patients probably don't signal a change in the virus's susceptibility to this key drug.

Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala.

Thur Nov 26, 2009 4:15am EST - Michael Hindman reacts as the nurse pulls his sleeve up to administer a shot of the H1N1 flu vaccination in Arlington, Texas November 24, 2009.

The number of H1N1 flu cases is "levelling off"in some parts of the country, but the peak of the second wave of the pandemic has not been reached yet and Canadians should not become complacent, federal officials said Wednesday.

A remote Australian outback town is under siege from thousands of feral camels hunting for water as drought continues to grip parts of the country.

Toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West have been found in endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced irrigation shutoffs for farmers.

The world's largest annual religious pilgrimagebegan, overshadowed by the swine flu pandemic as 2.5 million Muslims ammassed at the holy city of Mecca for the hajj.

All eyes are on river levels in flood-hit Cumbria as more heavy rain threatens a vital bridge and further damage to homes.

China has detected eight cases of swine flu mutation, a health official said Wednesday, amid longstanding concerns among scientists that the virus could change into a more dangerous form.

A wind-driven wildfire broke out in the hills of Southern California Tuesday night as late season Santa Ana winds blasted down burning slopes toward homes.

Let us give thanks - and pass the Purell. Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving.

Earthquakes struck both ends of California Tuesday morning but no damage or injuries are reported.