TEHRAN, April 29 - Today marks the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . On April 26, 1986, technicians conducting a test inadvertently caused the fourth reactor to explode.
TEHRAN, February 13 - South Africa on Tuesday declared a "national disaster " over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave the city of Cape Town without domestic tap water.
TEHRAN, December 17 - At least 26 people were killed while several residents were missing in an island province in central Philippines after tropical storm Kai-tak brought heavy rains that triggered landslides, local authorities and media said on Sunday.
TEHRAN, October 15 - Pyongyang has threatened Australia with “ disaster ” unless the island nation abandons its allegiance with the US interests. Canberra however said it will not be “cowed” by threats and will continue to do everything to “protect and help” its allies.
TEHRAN, May 17, YJC -Admiral Harry Harris, the top US commander in Asia-Pacific, has warned against military escalation on the Korean Peninsula, saying missile tests by Pyongyang are "a recipe for a disaster ."
TEHRAN, March 28, YJC - Devastating earthquakes, floods, hailstorms and wildfires, along with man-made devastation, helped push global disaster costs to $175 billion (161 billion euros) last year, reinsurer Swiss Re said on Thursday.
NAMIE, Fukushima Workers repair a damaged home nearby, and about 60 employees busily prepare for the return of former residents in the largely untouched town hall. Not far away, two wild boars stick their snouts in someone's yard, snuffling for food.
Tehran, YJC. Luristani Shepherd whose 44 sheep were torn dead by leopard has turned down the government’s sum of money to be used to launch a local environment protection headquarters.