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The Aran Islands collectively receive up to 3,000 tourists daily during the Summer months, which brings its own unique ...

More people died trying to flee Hurricane Rita than from the storm itself when it was on a collision course with Houston 20 years ago. Roughly 3 million motorists jammed the highways in sweltering ...

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Danish offshore wind developer Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab can restart work on the nearly finished Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island, a federal judge ...

PROVIDENCE – A “gust of wind” lifted the right wing of a small plane in the moments before it crashed while the pilot tried to land on Block Island in July, killing one passenger and injuring two ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO), warning airlines about the dangers posed when passengers try to evacuate with their carry-on baggage ...

Two Marco Island residents have died after being thrown from their personal watercraft. Stephen R. Mariani, 67, and Rita Mariani, 49, struck a boat lift in Caxambas Bay, ejecting both, on Sunday, Sept ...

Chelan County Emergency Management has raised evacuation levels for the Labor Mountain and Lower Sugar Loaf fires. The evacuation level for the Labor Mountain Fire, which has been burning on the ...

PREPARATIONS. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council holds a press conference on Sunday (Sept.21, 2025) on the preparations for Super Typhoon Nando. Local government units in the ...

When animals are displaced from their habitats because of various reasons, commonly from habitat destruction or natural disasters, they pose a threat to themselves and to the people whose spaces they ...

Thousands of people were forced to evacuate a bustling neighborhood of Hong Kong overnight while experts sweated through the delicate work of defusing an undetonated nearly 5-foot, 1,000-pound bomb ...