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 ...

When you think about climate disasters, your mind probably goes to hurricanes or wildfires. Maybe you picture melting ice ...

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

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