Coal mining has produced some of the deadliest industrial accidents in modern history. From methane explosions and coal dust ignition to structural collapse and flooding, the industry’s worst ...

Scores of people have been killed after a powerful quake sparked a tsunami with waves as high as 1.5 metres (five feet) that smashed into the Indonesian city of Palu. Harrowing video showed waves of ...

Since the beginning of European and US record keeping, various natural and man-made disasters including volcanic eruptions, ...

(via PBS Terra) The 2026 El Niño could be the strongest we’ve ever seen. And to understand its potential impacts, we’ll take a trip back in time to 1877. That El Niño triggered one of the most ...

Recovery efforts to recover bodies continue in what is the country's deadliest transport disaster.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recreational vessel seen on the San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, a day after the Volare, a 49-foot cabin cruiser ...

In the worst mining disaster in China since 2009, 82 workers were killed in a catastrophic gas explosion in a coal mine in Shanxi province last Friday. Over 120 workers were hospitalised, several in ...

One year ago, tragedy struck the Texas Hill Country. Before dawn on July 4, 2025, torrential thunderstorms pushed into Kerr County, with the heaviest rain falling across the headwaters of the ...

In the northwestern Italian port city of Genoa, one of the deadliest disasters in the country, in 2018, put the spotlight on Italy’s ageing infrastructure – and raised questions about whether the ...

Will the 2026 El Niño be the strongest we’ve ever seen? What can the one in 1877 tell us? The 2026 El Niño could be the strongest we’ve ever seen. And to understand its potential impacts, we’ll take a ...