Explore 25 historical disasters caused by human error, from the Titanic to industrial failures. Learn how negligence, poor ...

Flowing into thousands of villages, the muddy flood waters fully submerged and desecrated hundreds of thousands of acres of crops. Bodies of drowned cattle littered the ground. Only skeletons remained ...

All modern humans may descend from a small group of people who survived a catastrophic event just over 70,000 years ago.

LONDON, KENTUCKY - MAY 17: Tony McFall looks over the debris from the home of his father and step-mother, who lost their lives during the tornado in the neighborhood of Sunshine Hills on May 17, 2025, ...

Our planet has been shaped by various human activities that have largely contributed to make Earth a better planet for survival. But some human activities are the reason for environmental disasters ...

The Clock Is Ticking for New Mexico to Cut Rio Grande Water Use A Texas-Sized Water Crisis Governments Knew the Risks of Global Warming as They Chose Fossil-Fueled Growth in the 1950s and ’60s The 10 ...

In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was to make disaster-risk reduction part of everyday thinking worldwide. Today ...

People living in regions with lower scores on the Human Development Index face a substantially higher risk from climate-related disasters, even when these are not unusually severe. This is the key ...

Imagine a large city recovering from a devastating hurricane. Roads are flooded, the power is down, and local authorities are overwhelmed. Emergency responders are doing their best, but the chaos is ...

Humanity loves to explore and to live in new places. Part of settling afresh is providing mental health and psychosocial support, including for disasters. Many new places are expected to be so ...