The United States has already tied its full-year record for storm damage -- with more than $35 billion in damage from tornadoes, floods and heat waves -- the National Weather Service said, and there are still 4 1/2 months left in 2011, including hurricane season.
Nigeria Wednesday launched two satellites, NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X spacecraft, which have a variety of applications, including the monitoring of disaster-prone areas, into orbit from a launch pad based in Russia.
The record high price set by gold Tuesday confirms, more dramatically than ever, that Wall Street's lack of confidence in paper assets extends even to companies that mine the world's most reliable store of value, gold.
As Japan rebuilds after natural disasters, a new alternative to concrete is being developed there.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday took the unprecedented step of promising to keep interest rates near zero for at least two more years and said it would consider further steps to help growth, sparking a rebound in stocks.
A severe solar storm could cause global chaos, wrecking satellite communications and would take down the most important power grids in the world for a period of years.
America's unemployment rate improved slightly in July, but the high figure is weighing heavily against President Barack Obama in his re-election bid.
NASA's achievements are commendable considering its results between 1960 and 1970, especially for putting men on the moon. However, NASA's recent performance and its discoveries are considered to be of no practical value for mankind. There are various other causes that require funds in the United States rather than allocating more funds for NASA.
Child marriage, which steals the innocence of millions of girls worldwide and often condemns them to lives of poverty, ignorance and poor health, is one of the biggest obstacles to development, rights groups say.
The NOAA has increased the number of hurricanes it expects in a new updated forecast for the 2011 hurricane season as Tropical Storm Emily barrels through Haiti.
Manufacturing grew at its slowest pace in two years in July as new orders contracted, casting doubt on expectations the faltering recovery would quickly regain steam.
In January we saw Aussie home values fall by 1.2% which was the weakest monthly result on record. Over the March quarter home values were down 1.8%. Since that time we have seen the rate of decline slow along with an improvement in our leading indicators, like vendor discounting and time-on-market.
Injuries sustained from wood splinters or other materials triggered a rare fungal infection that may have contributed to the deaths of five people in the May 22 tornado in Joplin, Mo., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined.
Majority whip Dick Durbin of Illinois said that the federal government needs to focus strategically on the long-term budget consequences of extreme weather events, which are increasing in severity and frequency.
South Koreans were cautioned about rogue landmines and explosives on Thursday after scores of deadly landslides in and around the capital swamped homes, a monastery and military sites after the heaviest rainfall in a century, officials said.
A new poll result suggests that almost half of the America's population is dissatisfied by God's performance, if God exists.
Yesterday's higher-than-expected inflation figures have prompted a flurry of pleas from the housing industry to leave rates untouched.
The C-130 Hercules aircraft was carrying 60 soldiers, nine crew members and 12 civilians, and was getting ready to land at an airport near the border with the disputed region of Western Sahara.
Emma Watson, Harry Potter actress also known as Hermione Jean Granger who made her modeling debut with British luxury fashion house Burberry, is in talks to show her fashion designing skills to the world.
Tourists worldwide are showing support for the Japanese tourism industry, following the recent natural disasters that saw earthquake and tsunami devastating country?s coastal areas in March.
Adrian Pracon, a 21-year-old official with the Worker's Youth League described on Saturday how he played dead and survived the shooting at a youth camp on an island near Oslo. Read the tricks to survive public shoot-outs.
Space shuttle Atlantis landed for the final time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 21, marking an end to the 30-year era of NASA's space shuttle program, but disasters that occurred in the history of the program still remain on our minds.
