China deployed a rapid-deployment pontoon barge to evacuate 6,000 flood victims, carrying 500 people per trip.

An Italian court has convicted the former CEO of Italy's main highway operator and 29 others in the Genoa Morandi bridge ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration Tuesday for 59 counties as severe storms and flash flooding continue to ...

Somewhere between a Mr. Burns scheme and every plan Cobra Commander ever pitched sits the idea of launching giant mirrors into space so we can shine sunlight back onto Earth after dark. It also ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With heavy rain blanketing much of the Hill Country, and a Flood Watch in effect for Central Texas, some ...

Introduction Across sub-Saharan Africa, urban flooding has evolved from a seasonal hydrological event into a persistent ...

Spidey and His Amazing Friends Season 5 premieres today on Disney Jr., embedding five real scientific disciplines inside its new Rescue-Webs arc — spider silk biomechanics, soft robotics, disaster ...

There is a reason test pilots have a reputation for cool-headed bravery. Historically, it has been a dangerous occupation, with many planes ending testing in fiery explosions or on the seafloor. Some ...

Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a five-year national policy to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, minister ...