Environmental disasters generally fall into two categories: natural and manmade. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 destroyed flora and fauna across hundreds of square miles and partially blocked out the sun in areas where sunlight is essential to ...

America's worst maritime disaster claimed more lives than the Titanic, yet few people have ever heard of it. This video uncovers the forgotten tragedy, the chain of decisions that led to catastrophe,

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From the Monongah Mine Disaster to the 2016 floods, these ten West Virginia disasters changed U.S. law, disaster response, and American history.

On the night of 9 October 1963, one of the worst dam-related disasters in European history unfolded in northern Italy. A massive section of Monte Toc collapsed into the Vajont Reservoir, displacing millions of cubic metres of water in seconds.

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 mountain. Their worst fears were soon to be confirmed.