From the Monongah Mine Disaster to the 2016 floods, these ten West Virginia disasters changed U.S. law, disaster response, ...

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Coal mining has produced some of the deadliest industrial accidents in modern history. From methane explosions and coal dust ignition to structural collapse and flooding, the industry’s worst ...

Scores of people have been killed after a powerful quake sparked a tsunami with waves as high as 1.5 metres (five feet) that smashed into the Indonesian city of Palu. Harrowing video showed waves of ...

(via PBS Terra) The 2026 El Niño could be the strongest we’ve ever seen. And to understand its potential impacts, we’ll take a trip back in time to 1877. That El Niño triggered one of the most ...

Natural disasters are often remembered for the destruction they leave behind, but their long-term impact is frequently measured by something less visible: government reform. Throughout history, ...

In the worst mining disaster in China since 2009, 82 workers were killed in a catastrophic gas explosion in a coal mine in Shanxi province last Friday. Over 120 workers were hospitalised, several in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Kerrville firefighter looks over the swollen Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025, hoping to spot survivors near Ingram, Texas, just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recreational vessel seen on the San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, a day after the Volare, a 49-foot cabin cruiser ...

More than 110 million people were affected by 358 reported disasters in 2025, according to the annual report by the Emergency Events Database. The year was consistent with a typical year of disaster ...

On the night of 9 October 1963, one of the worst dam-related disasters in European history unfolded in northern Italy. A ...