Disaster

At least 68 dead after Indonesia earthquake as survivors experience aftershocks, await aid

Thousands have been evacuated following the country's deadliest disaster since a 2022 quake killed hundreds in West Java.

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People evacuate from a building collapse at Jayakarta hotel following an earthquake of magnitude 7.7, in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, August 15, 2026.
Rescuers work as search and rescue operations are under way at the site of the destroyed Cantabria building, following the earthquake in Cali, Colombia, August 15, 2026.

Rescue teams race clock in Colombia as earthquake death toll nears 300

Around 290 people have died, with 140 more missing and nearly 4,000 more injured, according to official estimates. More than two-thirds of the deaths were concentrated in Cali and Pereira.

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IDF Home Front Command forces operating at impact sites in Cali, Colombia, August 14, 2026.

Israeli aid delegation begins work in Colombia following deadly earthquake

Mapping efforts and building assessments have begun in order to establish plans and priorities for the ongoing response efforts.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
Damaged houses are seen a day after a tornado ripped through Menasha, Wisconsin, on July 28, 2026.

Severe storms, tornados kill multiple people in Midwest US as power is cut in Chicago, Columbus

Images and videos have surfaced on social media showing major flooding, widespread property destruction, innumerable collapsed trees, and even flipped cars.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV

Pakistan posts highest-ever annual inflation, stampedes for food kill 16

The inflation number was the highest ever year-on-year increase recorded by the statistics bureau since monthly records began in the 1970s.

APRIL 1, 2023ByREUTERS
People stand in queue to receive charity food handout, during the fasting month of Ramadan, along a road in Karachi, Pakistan March 30, 2023.

Research vessel tips over in Scotland, 35 people injured

23 people were treated at a hospital and 12 were treated at the scene at Imperial Dock, Leith.

MARCH 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the research vessel Petrel after it tipped on its side in a dry dock in Leith, near Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, March 22, 2023.

Israel is not prepared for potential disaster. Here's why

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and guest co-host Michael Starr.

MARCH 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission attends a meeting with Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and Minister of State and national secur

IAI reveals technology to help rescuers locate disaster survivors

The ResQCell can be used to rapidly and efficiently find survivors of natural disasters, combat or terrorism.

MARCH 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Skystar ResQCell geolocation mounted aerostat

57 people dead and 10 missing in a train collision in Greece

Two trains collided head on - a passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki, and a cargo train from Thessaloniki to Larissa.

MARCH 1, 2023ByREUTERS
The site of a crash, where two trains collided, is seen near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023.

After earthquake, Turkey's Erdogan hunts for scapegoats - opinion

Erdogan’s house of cards has collapsed with the earthquake. There is already a rush to find scapegoats and as well as the arrests of looters.

FEBRUARY 20, 2023ByROBERT ELLIS
RESCUE WORKERS in Antakya carry a body of a victim of this month’s earthquake in Turkey, on Thursday.

Will earthquake lead to changes in Syria policy? - analysis

While some aid has flowed to Damascus, there are Western countries that see the Syrian regime as a pariah and don’t want to send aid if the regime will merely snatch it for itself.

FEBRUARY 12, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People gather on the rubble as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of the earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2023.

Turkey steps up collapsed buildings investigation, orders 113 arrested

Building architects and contractors may be arrested for being negligent.

FEBRUARY 12, 2023ByREUTERS
View shows damaged and collapsed buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake, in rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria February 11, 2023

Could Israel handle an earthquake like the one that hit Turkey, Syria?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and guest co-host Tamar Uriel-Beeri.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A man walks past a partially collapsed building, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Pazarcik, Turkey February 9, 2023

The disaster after the earthquake: How conditions in Turkey can cost more lives

A lack of water and sanitation, as well as the frigid temperatures, could continue to cost lives in the regions devastated by the earthquake.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
People sit around a fire near the site of a collapsed building, as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 9, 2023.