Environmental disasters generally fall into two categories: natural and manmade. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 ...

From Bhopal to the draining of the Aral Sea, discover some of the worst man-made disasters that have occurred around the ...

Individuals pay their respects at a makeshift memorial to victims of the Texas floods. In a surprising number of cases, the worst disasters strike in the middle of night. The deadly Texas floods ...

Indigenous communities are often the worst hit when major disasters strike. The recent floods across the Northern Territory are a case in point. Last week, residents in the regional centre of ...

For thousands of years, the great civilisations and nations of Europe have had to endure regular attacks from a lethal foe: Mother Nature. From earthquakes and eruptions to fire and floods, the ...

As an enormous plume of dark gray smoke rose hundreds of feet from the nearby Palisades fire on Wednesday afternoon, obscuring the sun and turning everything in the north end of Santa Monica an ...

Last year was one of the worst years for U.S. natural disasters, according to researchers, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) future remains uncertain. Major disaster declarations, ...

All the recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying. The midair collision that killed 67 near Washington D.C. last month was the worst disaster. But there ...

One year after catastrophic wildfires ravaged Stillwater, the community continues to rebuild and strengthen its emergency response efforts.