It has been a truly horrific 24 hours in the Mother City, and strong winds are currently hampering firefighting efforts as heroes battle the flames on the front lines.
A lightning bolt in the US was captured striking a tree with perfect aim, and totally destroying it in the process.
Somehow, gender reveal parties are still a thing, and this one sees two lives lost after a plane flying a banner plunges into the ocean.
A massive explosion at Balongan oil refinery in West Java, Indonesia, in the early hours of Monday morning caught residents unaware.
Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung sent a cloud of hot ash higher than 16 400 feet into the air following its first major eruption since August last year.
In just a week, a massive fire raging in the mountains and veld above Stellenbosch and Franschhoek managed to spread to three municipalities.
Quick-thinking neighbours helped to save four children, catching them in blankets as a woman dropped them from a third-floor window.
On Saturday, passengers looked out of the window on their flight to Hawaii to find that the plane’s engine was on fire and falling apart.
One resident in a town near Mount Etna said the eruption was “a rain of stones – something [she] never saw in [her] entire life”.
On Thursday in California, heavy rains and snow sent a large chunk of Highway 1, which runs along the coast, into the ocean.
Every year the clock is unveiled, giving us an idea of how close we are to disaster. The countdown has begun.
Cyclone Eloise, since downgraded to Tropical Storm Eloise, tore through the Kruger National Park and other parts of South Africa this weekend.
Search teams believe that they know the location of the black boxes that will provide clues as to the cause of the Boeing crash on Saturday.
Authorities say that they know the location of the ‘black boxes’, and are working hard to recover them, along with body parts, clothing, and the mangled remains of the Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea.
Swarms of locusts have invaded three provinces in South Africa, with farmers fighting to save their crops.
The COVID-19 pandemic, and natural disasters worldwide, has awakened the super-rich to the need to fortify themselves against future health and climate crises.
You weren’t imagining it – there was an earthquake, and people across the city felt the tremors in the early hours.
A massive fire broke out at a compost plant in Diepsloot this morning, causing road closures of Summit Road west, going towards the R511.
On Saturday night, and again on Sunday morning, Capetonians felt tremors as a result of seismic activity.
Drone footage of conditions in San Francisco shows an almost otherworldly setting, with massive wildfires spreading through California and Oregon.
Another gender reveal party has ended in disaster, when a couple exploded a device in California.
Hurricane Laura is pummelling the US Gulf Coast, leaving an apocalyptic wasteland in its wake.
When the first footage hit social media, showing a blast tearing through the Lebanese capital of Beirut, it resembled something out of a Hollywood blockbuster.
On Tuesday, tragedy struck in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, after an explosion rocked the city in the early evening. This bride will never forget her wedding shoot.
A man’s best intentions went up in flames after he tried to create a romantic environment in which to propose to his girlfriend.
Tragedy struck yesterday in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, with at least 78 people killed, and more than 4 000 wounded, after an explosion rocked the city in the early evening.
Madill, Oklahoma resident Pecos Hank captured close-up footage of a massive tornado as it tore through his town.
2020 is shaping up to be a difficult year, and the next decade could be much of the same when it comes to flooding.
A paper mill in Maine, USA, was rocked by an explosion on Wednesday. It was caught on camera from a few different angles.
A Ukrainian passenger jet, which crashed shortly after takeoff in Tehran, Iran, is believed to have been shot down, possibly accidentally, by an Iranian missile.