The 1994 sinking of the ferry Estonia is up there with the Titanic as one of the worst maritime disasters in history. This week, a Swedish-Estonian-Finnish investigative team said the shipwreck, which ...

Epidemics, volcanic eruptions, famine, and wars have always occurred, but some of them were far more terrible than others.

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Natural disasters have become some of the most expensive shocks to the U.S. economy, reshaping entire regions in a matter of ...

Aid delivery remains extremely difficult in violence-ridden areas, where clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the ...

Shawn Rodgers' fundraiser totals nearly $13,000. He said that doesn't scratch the surface for the need a month after the ...

They’re not turning blue. But are the stray dogs roaming Chernobyl’s radioactive wasteland undergoing rapid evolutionary change?

Regional experts warn that without rapid cuts in fossil-fuel emissions and serious investment in resilience – from restoring forests to enforcing planning rules – disasters like this year’s may become ...

On Dec. 3, 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women, removing the ...

BATANG TORU, Indonesia — Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,300 in Indonesia, ...

The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster in the island nation’s history. A man is carried through flooded streets on ...

The death toll from a fire in a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen to 146. Investigators have found more bodies in the burned-out buildings. The blaze started on Wednesday and took until Friday ...