JAKARTA — A Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape, has been discovered dead in mud and log debris in a village in northern Sumatra — a grim sign of how severely recent floods and landslides ...

Flood impacted residents in targeted parts of Bundaberg and Douglas, and the shire of Banana can now access disaster ...

Authorities have said most of those who died were found buried in mud.

Indonesia's government is resisting growing pressure to declare a national disaster over devastating floods that killed hundreds of people and laid waste to parts of Sumatra island. The country has ...

Legislation sponsored by Sen. Scott Madon, R-Pineville, aimed at helping communities clean debris from streams and waterways ...

When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in modern history. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

SEATTLE — Washington State Task Force-1 has been mobilized to Skagit County to aid in search and rescue operations following severe flooding. Activated by the Washington State Military Department's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recovering from recent flooding is still proving to be a major challenge for so many across western Washington. In Skagit County, ...

As many as 35 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans — 4% of the species’ total population — may have been wiped out in the catastrophic floods and landslides that struck the Indonesian island of ...