DARJEELING: Environmentalists described the landslides in Darjeeling as a "man-made ecological disaster", the inevitable outcome of decades of deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor governance ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WRBL) — As the federal government shutdown drags into its fourth week, hunger relief leaders across Alabama are warning a crisis could leave thousands of families without food. At the ...

(TNS) — North Carolina legislators may need to put hundreds of millions of dollars into the state’s rainy-day fund to help with hurricane relief in case the federal government stops supporting ...

Fukushima Report Hints at More 'Man-Made' Disasters in the Future Yes, the nuclear disaster at Fukushima was sparked by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, but a Japanese ...

President Joe Biden ratcheted up pressure on US port employers and shipping lines to restart talks with striking dock workers, warning that the unfolding strike could turn into a “man-made disaster.” ...

For Phuong Uyen, 38, the flood that swept through South-Central Vietnam felt less like a natural disaster and more like a monstrous betrayal. Trapped in her small home in Hoa Thinh commune — an area ...

When you turn on the television and see Pakistanis or Australians overwhelmed by floodwaters, do you feel more sympathy than you would for victims of ethnic conflict in Darfur? A European Journal of ...

Here in my adopted city of Vancouver, people are still reeling from the recent killing of 11 people by a man who intentionally drove his SUV into a crowded Filipino street festival. Among the victims ...