Natural disasters have been shaping the path of human history for thousands of years. They leave behind stories of destruction, fatalities, and eventually, survival. They also leave behind stories of ...

In the early morning hours of Oct. 20, 1976, the ferry George Prince was making its routine 10‐minute crossing on the ...

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From Mitch and Sandy to Wilma and Hazel, deadly and destructive October hurricanes have left their mark over the decades.

When United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collided in midair above the Grand Canyon on a June morning in 1956—the spinning props of the United DC-7 slicing into the fuselage of ...

History is filled with tragedies that have claimed many lives, from mining disasters to volcanoes and tsunamis. The world has ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated ...

Wickliffe Public Library will be hosting “Ghosts of the Griffith: Disaster on Lake Erie” at 7 p.m. Nov. 13. The summer of 1850 was the scene of the worst shipping disaster in Lake ...

A history of the National Guard published by the Pentagon in 2001 describes the 1990s as a turning point for the service, ...

FEMA workers help residents who lost homes in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires apply for aid. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...