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Guatemala City, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Students from Santa Maria de Jesus and San Juan Alotenango municipalities, in the department of Sacatepequez, Guatemala, returned on Tuesday to the classrooms after greater control of the wildfire in the Agua volcano.

Guatemala City, 23 feb (EFE).- The Guatemalan government on Friday called for international help to fight the country’s active wildfires, including the one in Agua volcano, which has affected more than 50 hectares of forest in the past three days. “I have instructed the National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) to manage international aid,” Vice …

A wildfire engulfed the slopes of Guatemala's inactive Agua Volcano, with flames visible from the capital and no casualties or evacuations

Space is a harsh place, with freezing temperatures, harmful radiation and a near-vacuum. So, what would happen to the body of an astronaut that was exposed to spaces elements?

The Christian Aid and Cooperazione Internationale with support funding from the European Union has flagged off two days workshop for journalists in Sokoto on disaster reduction and social safety.

The first mile of warnings means putting people first. It means asking each other about what we need and what we offer. Warnings are meant to be for and about people, as a long-term social process to act for, by, and with all of us.

Global flood risk intelligence leader Fathom will offer its flood data for non-commercial use, free of charge, to 16 countries under a new agreement with the...

Swiss Re's recently acquired, UK-based provider of water risk intelligence and flood models, Fathom, has strategically teamed up with The World Bank to

Space weather, otherwise known as a solar storm, occurs when the sun emits a huge burst of energy in the form of a solar flare or a coronal mass ejection.

The death toll from a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of southwestern China rose to 34 on Wednesday, while 10 people remained missing, Chinese state media reported. The disaster struck early Monday in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province.&#...