A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck central Italy, levelling buildings as people slept, with one mayor saying his town "isn't here any more".
The quake...
Authorities in Alberta, Canada, have launched an app offering residents of wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray a view of their damaged homes.
Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle...
Eighteen hospital patients died after heavy rain caused floods which knocked out generators in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said.
State officials...
Parts of Mexico remain on flood watch , despite one of the world's most powerful storms being downgraded.
Hurricane Patricia hit overnight and caused less...
A typhoon struck mainland China after lashing Taiwan, where it killed two people, injured hundreds and left hundreds of thousands without power or water.
Typhoon...
Heavy monsoon rains have lashed an already-deluged northern Pakistan as rescuers found the bodies of another 24 people killed by the flooding inundating parts...