Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.9 rattled Nepal on April 25, 2015. The earthquake, which struck at 11:56 am on Saturday, has already claimed lives of more than 8,000 people, injured thousands and made millions homeless. Below are aftershocks of April 25 earthquake of magnitude 4 or greater as recorded by Nepal Seismological Center.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado in Coal City, Illinois at 9:58 p.m Monday. The tornado hit Coal City, Illinois, damaging homes, bringing down power lines and leaving roadways flooded. Storm damage closed Route 113 near Carbon Hill Rd. in Coal City, WGN-TV reported.

A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.9 rattled Nepal on April 25, 2015. The earthquake, which struck at 11:56 am on Saturday, has already claimed lives of more than 8,000 people, injured thousands and made millions homeless. Below are aftershocks of April 25 earthquake of magnitude 4 or greater as recorded by Nepal Seismological Center.

Heat wave in Karachi and other parts of Sindh claimed lives of at least 237 people in just two days with temperatures as high as 45degrees Celsius on Saturday. Dozens of people have been hospitalised for heat exhaustion and heatstroke prompting all hospitals to declare a state of emergency across all wards, The Express Tribune reported.

A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.9 rattled Nepal on April 25, 2015. The earthquake, which struck at 11:56 am on Saturday, has already claimed lives of more than 8,000 people, injured thousands and made millions homeless. Below are aftershocks of April 25 earthquake of magnitude 4 or greater as recorded by Nepal Seismological Center.

NASA has successfully launched the first real-world operational use of FINDER, a technology to  locate individuals buried under rubble in natural disaster scenarios. The Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER) is a radar technology designed to detect heartbeats of victims trapped in wreckage. The technology proved successful during its first real-world operational use when it was deployed to Nepal following the April 25 earthquake to support international search and rescue efforts in the country, NASA said in a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate.