When Ichiro Kawachi established a cohort study in Iwanuma, Japan, in 2010, he thought he would be researching the predictors ...

In this age of megastorms, visionary designers around the world are taking clever advantage of the chance to rethink what ...

Floodwaters surged as more than 170mm of rain fell around the Wye River and Lorne, along the Great Ocean Road, in Victoria’s ...

Ten years ago, the Herald projected the full force of the post-war baby boom would hit Sydney’s health system like a tsunami.

Twenty-one years after the 2004 tsunami almost wiped out Ban Nam Khem, the small fishing village is coping with changing geological, demographic and employment woes while struggling to keep its way of ...

At least two killed and six injured after horrific shooting outside mormon church in Salt Lake City, Utah.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City family is pleading for answers after their loved one was detained by ICE just days before Christmas, turning what should have been a time of celebration into days of ...

A global shortage of construction-grade sand is reshaping coastlines, destabilizing ecosystems, and putting activists in the ...

Snow will return to the New York City area this week before and after Christmas, with the latter projecting to be a bigger event. Winter weather advisories have been issued starting late Monday night ...

A strong earthquake hit western Japan on Tuesday but there was no danger of a tsunami, officials said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake, which registered a preliminary magnitude ...

Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor after the New Year’s Eve ball drop, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city’s subway. Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor ...

Migration finally hitting theaters, it's the perfect moment to watch pother disaster movies that focus on human relations.