The Latest Breaking News from Civil Defence

In violent weather on Sunday May 26, 1974, the stricken Sygna ran aground off Stockton beach.

Israel carried out deadly strikes in Gaza, first responders in the war-battered Palestinian territory said on Sunday, as violence flared in the occupied West Bank.

Kerala Civil Defence to write to all educational institutions in Ernakulam to enlist students, faculty, and staff as civil defence volunteers. Proposal to raise civil defence cadets in each school by enlisting NCC cadets considered. Civil defence conducts training sessions for residents’ associations and Kudumbashree members. 6,000 registered civil defence…

Liam Brassil, who has dementia and reduced mobility has been missing from his Tralee home since Thursday

We're a country prone to natural disasters - but are some areas better prepared than others?

The now defunct ministry is the kind of agency needed to fix our current infrastructure disaster - not Civil Defence and independent sub-contracting and consulting firms that scratch impotently away at the ever-growing consequences of climate change.

As the world marks International Women’s Day on Wednesday, women in Syria are facing trauma and displacement.

The interim package will go towards immediate relief as the national state of emergency is extended seven days and Grant Robertson is announced as Cyclone Recovery Minister

Vulnerable New Zealand communities are taught to prepare for natural disasters, but national messaging says you may need to survive three days without assistance. The situation for cut-off communities may now be urgent.

A child is among five confirmed deaths, while there are serious concerns for those missing after more than 1400 people were reported uncontactable.

The Civil Defence and the air and sea rescue Sikorsky helicopter R117 based out of Waterford aided in the search