A devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea buried over 2,000 people, prompting the government to seek international aid amidst challenges posed by unreliable census data and the destruction of a main highway.
The Tustumena Lake fire in Alaska is 25% contained, with efforts including smokejumpers and over 56,000 gallons of water deployed to combat the 35-acre blaze.
It is believed that the area was once-fertile land and a township stretching for 20 miles.
Damage was so great that it could not immediately be assessed. Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed.
The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, while the extent of damage to Tonga remained unclear. Satellite images showed the spectacular eruption that took place Saturday evening, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a mushroom above the blue Pacific waters.
British Columbia has declared a state of emergency and thousands have been evacuated.
The suspected lightning strike in the Highlands also dislodged boulders the size of washing machines.
Hundreds of firefighters and dozens of aircraft are working to contain the largest wildfire ever recorded in British Columbia's history, and it could take weeks to get it under control.
Climate change before your eyes: Seas rise and trees die
The blaze in forestry south of Loch Morlich near Aviemore has now been extinguished.
The word for it here is Schneemangel or snow shortage. There's a phrase for when the snow is plentiful too - das weisse Gold - white gold. It's a reflection of how many alpine communities depend on winter sports for their livelihoods. World Cup skiers will race on artificial snow this Saturday as the Alps see record high temperatures.
This research provides a scientific reference for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of engineering facilities in the permafrost region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Due to excessively wet weather, Leduc County has declared a municipal state of agricultural disaster.
Each of the latest escarpment slides over the weekend were larger than the initial slide on April 30
A volcano has erupted on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. The eruption early Tuesday of Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, spewed clouds of dust 20 kilometers (65,600 feet) into the sky.
At least 100 dead and nearly two thousand are homeless after rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms have led to severe flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent days.
Deadly floods in northern Chile left homes and roads destroyed.
The Outer Hebrides are already suffering from the impacts of climate change including higher tides, longer storms and erosion.
The wildfire appears historic in both its size and its duration, but no one can say for sure — because Greenland doesn't have longstanding records of fires.
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