Engineers and officials of the municipal corporation on Thursday visited residents of dilapidated buildings with a plea to relocate to safer places in view of cyclone Fani.The Calcutta Municipal Corpo...

Six persons of a family, including an octogenarian couple, at Mathurapur in South 24-Parganas had to spend the stormy night under the sky after a large tree branch almost flew to land on the asbestos ...

The anticipation of disaster is often even more fraught with fear, panic and uncertainty than the moment when it strikes. Those who have been spared the calamity may be thanking their lucky stars, but...

Three people were killed, several electric posts and trees uprooted and 5,000 houses damaged after a sudden nor’wester hit parts of Hooghly and North 24-Parganas on Wednesday evening.Officials said ...

Cyclone Bulbul lost steam through Sunday as it moved in a northeasterly direction along the Bangladesh coast, prompting the Met office to forecast sunny days and cooler nights in Calcutta at least for...

A severe dust storm and lightning in various parts of Uttar Pradesh claimed 19 lives and left 48 people injured as houses and walls collapsed and trees were uprooted, prompting authorities to launch r...

The incessant rain and cyclonic storms, which hit Goalpara district continuously for three days last week, have created flash floods in the district. A public works department (PWD) road in the town w...

Hundreds of people in search of aliens, bragging rights or just a good time have descended on a desolate Nevada town, answering the call of a meme-inspired Facebook event encouraging them to “storm ...

When a tropical storm pummelled Japan on Saturday with gusts of up to 135 mph, forcing millions to evacuate their homes, it was called Typhoon Hagibis. But the storm that carved a path of destruction ...