Energy Firms Tally Hurricane Damage, Plot Restarts as Laura Races North August 27, 2020 By Erwin Seba and Laila Kearney U.S. energy companies on Thursday were organizing crews and beginning to review offshore Gulf of Mexico platforms and assess damage...
China Rare Earths Firm Shenghe Hit By ‘Once-in-a-Century’ Flooding August 20, 2020 Chinese rare earths producer Shenghe Resources Holding Co is set to lose tens of millions of dollars after reporting that...
Refinery Fire and Falling Debris Hit Mexico After 7.4 Quake June 24, 2020 By Amy Stillman and Lorena Rios A 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit southern Mexico on Tuesday killed at least two people, left others trapped under rubble...
Cyclone Shows Cost of Delaying $38 Billion Bangladesh Delta Plan May 27, 2020 By Arun Devnath Mizanur Rahman recalls the last time a major tropical storm hit Bangladesh, when Cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people...
Millions Evacuated From India, Bangladesh as Cyclone Nears Making Landfall May 21, 2020 By Pratik Parija, Pradipta Mukherjee and Arun Devnath Authorities along India’s east coast and neighboring Bangladesh evacuated millions to safer places and shut some factories as the biggest...
Focus on Nursing Home Workers Amid Continued Virus Outbreaks May 11, 2020 By Amy Taxin For nearly two months, many nursing homes nationwide have been on virtual lockdown. Families of residents are not allowed inside,...
Thousands of Filipinos Flee After Volcanic Fallout Hits Manila January 13, 2020 By Cecilia Yap and Ian Sayson A mass evacuation is underway in the Philippines, where an erupting volcano 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of the capital...
Seven Countries Affected by New Zealand Volcano Disaster December 12, 2019 By Matthew Brockett Seven nations have been affected by the volcano disaster in New Zealand that has probably claimed 13 lives and left...
Fire Contained at Texas Oilfield Site, One Critically Injured November 22, 2019 One person was seriously injured in a Midland, Texas, explosion and fire on Thursday involving several storage tanks and a...
Facing Flood, Oldest Thai Factory Park Evacuated October 18, 2011 By THANYARAT DOKSONE and GRANT PECK Bangkok breathed easier Monday as barriers protecting the capital from Thailand’s worst flooding in decades held firm, but authorities ordered...