Disaster

Machado vows to return to Venezuela after earthquake death toll rises to over 1,700

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that she is "willing to do whatever it takes" to enter Venezuela to help with the country's recovery efforts following last week's earthquakes.

General view of a demolished building at Caraballeda after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 27, 2026 in La Guaira, Venezuela.
Roads remain closed after residents were evacuated following a chemical leak from a large storage tank that threatened nearby homes in Garden Grove, California, on May 24, 2026.

Multiple injuries, at least one dead in chemical tank rupture in Washington state - report

Angolan flag.

Twenty-eight killed by landslide at illegal Angolan gold mine

Rescuers work at the site following a gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, China May 23, 2026.

At least 90 killed in China's worst coal mine disaster in over 16 years


'There are no words:' Israelis in Morocco share their stories

Some Israelis in the disaster area spoke with the Jerusalem Post's sister paper, Maariv, and described the disaster and the efforts by local authorities to deal with it.  

 A general view of damage in the historic city of Marrakech, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, September 9, 2023.

Morocco earthquake: 2,012 people dead, number expected to rise

Turkey, where powerful earthquakes in February killed more than 50,000 people, said it was ready to provide support to the North African country.

 Rescuers carry a search operation following a powerful earthquake, in Amizmiz, in Morocco, September 9, 2023.

Will the shrinking Dead Sea lead to more dangerous landslides? - analysis

Eight-year-old Yehuda Levi was killed when boulders fell on him during a Thursday morning hike.

People visit Nahal David in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve area, near the Dead Sea, Israel October 1, 2017.

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Colombian capital, prompting evacuations

The earthquake prompted people in offices and restaurants to evacuate

Bogota, Colombia

Titan sub suffered an eerily similar fate to Titanic itself

The sections of the Titanic that did not implode were able to do so because the air had been released from within, equalizing the pressure inside and out of the ship.

 SMS Titanic in Belfast 1912

1982 Tyre Disaster in Lebanon was likely terrorism - IDF

The IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police will convene a commission of inquiry into the disaster more than 40 years after it occurred.

 An Israeli flag flutters at an army position in the village of Baiyada, September 4, 2006, overlooking the southern Lebanese town of Tyre

What happened to the Bermuda Triangle 'mystery?

There used to be many reports of ships and planes disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle without a trace, but those reports aren't heard anymore.

 Tracks of all Atlantic hurricanes between 1851 and 2019. Many storms pass through the Bermuda Triangle.

Gold mine fire in Peru kills 27 people

Local government said a short-circuit sparked the fire in the early morning hours of Saturday in the southern region of Arequipa.

 Anti-government protestors block a road demanding the resignation of Peru's President Dina Boluarte, in Condoroma in Cusco region, Peru February 4, 2023

Israel's accidental first humanitarian mission, legacy – the untold story

What started as an accidental mission in 1953 paved the way for over 30 IDF humanitarian missions.

 An IsraAID delegation was dispatched to Turkey within hours of the devastating earthquake that struck in February 2023.

1/3rd of scientists fear AI decisions could spark nuclear-level disaster - report

According to Stanford's 2023 Artificial Intelligence Index Report, most researchers see AI as leading to societal change, but others fear a disaster – and someone made an AI to destroy humanity.

 Artistic rendition of a nuclear blast