As a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Melissa left a path of destruction across Jamaica. The worst hurricane to hit the island ...
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 ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Residents of the valley of Vajont in Italy had reservations about a new hydroelectric dam--especially when cracks began to appear in the nearby ...
NEW ORLEANS — On a quiet street in the Gentilly neighborhood, a small brick house stands as a testament to one of the worst disasters in U.S. history. It's one of thousands of homes that flooded ...
The Pacific Northwest’s serene coastline may be hiding one of America’s most dangerous secrets. Scientists are now warning that a catastrophic mega tsunami, with waves potentially reaching 1,000 feet ...
Twenty years ago, an unfortunate photo of George W. Bush came to define his response to Hurricane Katrina. Katrina, one of the worst natural disasters in American history, made landfall on Monday, ...
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The Biggest Dam Disasters in History

Explore the most catastrophic dam failures in history—massive dam collapses, deadly floods, and shocking footage of water ...
Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’” The Philippines is among the most disaster-prone ...