Tsunami

Typhoon Dolphin causes severe flooding in Shanghai, grounds hundreds of flights across east China

Many streets in Shanghai, the country's second most populated city, were flooded, including in the main commercial centers.

|ByREUTERS
People wade through a flooded street after Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to Shanghai, China, August 10, 2026.
An aerial view shows the damaged Aeon Mall shopping centre after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, in Kashima Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, July 28, 2026.

At least 13 killed as 7.1 earthquake hits Japan, evacuation issued for 260,000 people amid blackout

The Japanese government issued emergency earthquake warnings for Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga, Oita, and Miyazaki prefectures, all on Japan's southern Kyushu island.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Local authorities are making every effort to rescue those affected in a village in Tanchang county, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The cause of the landslide remains unclear.

|ByREUTERS
Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building after earthquakes hit the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026.

Hundreds killed, thousands more feared dead after two earthquakes rock Venezuela

The USGS, using predictive modeling to estimate the death toll, said it would most likely run into the thousands. Some 200 people are currently feared trapped under rubble.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS, YOAV ETIEL

Death toll from Indonesian quake, tsunmai rises to 832

Hundreds had gathered for a festival on the beach in the city of Palu on Friday when waves as high as six meters (18 feet) smashed onshore.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018ByREUTERS
People walk near the ruins of a shop at the beach after a tsunami hit in Palu, Indonesia Sulawesi Island, September 29, 2018

Quake, tsunami kills at least 48 in Indonesia, hundreds missing

At least 48 people had been killed and the death toll was expected to rise, said Nugroho.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018ByREUTERS
Residents stand in front of a damaged shopping mall after an earthquake hit Palu, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia September 29, 2018.

Quake, tsunami kills at least 48 in Indonesia, hundreds missing

At least 48 people had been killed and the death toll was expected to rise, said Nugroho.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018ByREUTERS
Residents stand in front of a damaged shopping mall after an earthquake hit Palu, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia September 29, 2018.

Tsunami warning signs being placed on beaches throughout country

The last tsunami to strike Israel's coast was in 1956, following an earthquake in Greek waters.

NOVEMBER 2, 2017ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
Tsunami warning sign on a Tel Aviv beach.