But the danger appeared to be waning in some places, with the US state of Hawaii and Japan downgrading their warnings.

TOKYO: Japan sweltered through its hottest July since records began in 1898, the weather agency has reported, warning of further "severe heat" in the month ahead. Heatwaves are becoming more intense ...

The world has witnessed several catastrophic earthquakes, with the 1960 Valdivia, Chile quake topping the list at magnitude 9 ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the largest in the past century, struck off the coast of Russia this week, prompting ...

Severe Tropical Storm Krosa could approach Japan's Kanto region, including Tokyo on Saturday. Weather officials are warning ...

Outbound tourism operators noticed only a short-term impact from a tsunami warning on travel sentiment as groups have yet to cancel their trips, according to the Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA).

The Bank of Japan laid the groundwork this week for resuming interest rate hikes by spelling out explicitly for the first ...

Officials in east Japan's Chiba Prefecture revealed July 31 that all four whales which had washed up on a beach in the city of Tateyama were ...

Hurricane Gil was classified as a storm but it has been upgraded - and, as it has now formed in the eastern Pacific, ...

In the wake of the US attacks, the international community asked itself how it could ensure that such horrors were never ...

KLYUCHEVSKOY volcano in eastern Russia erupted just a day after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake jolted the Kamchatka Peninsula. The reports were first released by the Geophysical Center of the Russian ...