Oarfish have long been associated with impending doom and its eerie appearance and deep-sea origins have cemented its reputation as a creature of superstition.

A rare oarfish that is said to predict 'something bad is going to happen' has washed up on a beach in the Canary Islands.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there's “no tsunami threat to Guam/CNMI” from the nearby quake. Residents reported feeling the earthquake. USGS said the quake was located about 8 miles ...

What Are Natural Disasters? Natural disasters are catastrophic events that occur as a result of natural processes of the ...

Countries around the world have experienced an uptick in natural disasters and home insurance costs, but each country has ...

Southeastern Massachusetts tends to get off a bit easier than other parts of the United States when it comes to natural ...

Those stories originated in Japan, where some taxi drivers in the city of Ishinomaki reported encountering “ghost passengers” ...

While the risk is not new, the frequency and intensity of the extreme weather events that often trigger natural disasters are on the rise, according to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on ...

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Dread engulfed her little body when the monkeys stopped chattering. On a Christmas vacation with her family, the 10-year-old girl loved how the monkeys seemed to be everywhere on the small ...

Supporters said the measure will also help stabilize the state’s insurance market by allowing insurers to recover some of the costs after a natural disaster from oil companies, which will ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The devastation from the Palisades Fire is shown in an aerial view in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of ...