Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

A single underwater cable the size of a garden hose connected Tonga to the outside world—until a natural disaster struck. And ...

Battling our biggest fish ever during a winter storm, total disaster. Florida property tax to be eliminated for seniors under ...

On retirement from public life, Wilmar Eliaser Simandjorang found a quiet place on a hillside overlooking Lake Toba, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, to write about this landscape sacred to the ...

The volcano erupted for around nine minutes, forcing the highest-level alert and the evacuation of dozens of people from ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, is erupting for a second straight day, spewing towering ...

Nine volcanic eruptions since December 2023 have shaken the Icelandic town of Grindavik and forced residents to repeatedly ...

The city of Hilo, Hawaii, is devastated by a massive tidal wave, leaving widespread destruction across the coastal community.