In prepa­ra­tion for earth­quakes, hur­ri­canes, wide­spread drought and oth­er emer­gen­cies, radio ama­teurs join in the annu­al train­ing exer­cise called Meteoro.

The Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union Region 2 Mem­ber Soci­ety, the Fed­era­cion de Radioafi­ciona­dos de Cuba (FRC) in the …

A tem­po­rary jet­ty in West Ben­gal col­lapsed hurl­ing about 100 peo­ple into the fast flow­ing Ganges River.

Nation­al Coor­di­na­tor for Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tion in India, Jayu S. Bhide VU2JAU reports that the dis­as­ter was on Wednes­day April 26.

Offi­cials report today that …

A Cat­e­go­ry 4 Trop­i­cal Cyclone Deb­bie hit north-east Aus­tralia inun­dat­ing coastal and island resort areas last week.

The severe weath­er sys­tem, the worst since 2011, made land­fall between Bowen and Air­lie Beach on March 28 and has dam­aged many build­ings, destroyed …

The res­cue effort con­tin­ues after a mud­slide and flood dis­as­ter but the loss of pow­er and com­mu­ni­ca­tions is mak­ing the oper­a­tion impos­si­ble after darkness.

The dis­as­ter hit overnight on March 31-April 1, leav­ing more than 230 dead and the town …