Disaster

Deadly Jerusalem balcony collapse victim named as Barry Levitt

A second-floor balcony in the three-story building collapsed onto a ground-floor restaurant on Monday, causing significant damage, the Fire and Rescue Authority reported.

Police and emergency personnel at the scene where a balcony collapsed onto a bakery, leaving one person dead and several others injured, in Jerusalem, July 20, 2026.
First responders on scene of tunnel collapse in India, July 21, 2026.

At least 10 dead, 15 trapped after suspected gas leak collapses tunnel in India

Paramilitary police officers evacuate residents in a rubber dinghy through a flooded area after rainfall brought by typhoon Maysak, in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China July 6, 2026.

Landslide buries 33 people, 16 remain trapped in Gansu, China as tornadoes, typhoons hit

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.

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


After Morocco, Israel could be next to suffer massive earthquake

Israel is located at the juncture of the African and Arabian tectonic plates and, therefore, faces an elevated seismic threat. Experts say a major earthquake is not a matter of if, but when.

 A man gestures next to emergency workers on the rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 10, 2023.

Rescuers hunt for Morocco quake survivors as death toll rises to 2,122

Morocco has declared three days of mourning and King Mohammed VI called for prayers for the dead to be held at mosques across the country on Sunday.

 A woman looks on as people inspect damaged buildings, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, September 10, 2023.

Many in Marrakech sleep outdoors for second night after Morocco quake

Across parts of Morocco, people spent the night outdoors on Friday after the earthquake hit the country.

 People play soccer next to a woman resting on the sidewalk in Marrakesh, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, September 9, 2023.

'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.