In the wake of central Texas flash floods that killed more than 100 people, social media users shared video of crowds running from a wave cresting over a railing, shaky phone footage of a torrent of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural disasters have caused more than $131 billion in global losses so far in 2025, a new report from insurance company Munich ...

Ball lightning may be one of weather’s strangest unsolved mysteries. For centuries, people have reported glowing orbs drifting through storms, entering homes, and disappearing in ways that seem to ...

Natural disasters are devastating events that have the potential to cause huge amounts of damage and loss of life. Globally, around 60,000 people die each year as a result of disasters such as ...

Numerous social media videos claiming to be about the Texas flash floods misrepresented footage from previous natural disasters. Inauthentic content usually comes with red flags, such as added ...