Scientists say a record-smashing March heat wave in the U.S. Southwest shows climate change is already driving more dangerous ...

Climate disasters that kill large numbers of people have never been short, single events. They are almost always ...

Fifteen years ago, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — ...

Natural disasters vary widely across the United States depending on geography and climate. Some regions regularly experience hurricanes or wildfires, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Wednesday marks 40 years since the NASA space shuttle Challenger broke apart after lifting off, killing all seven people on board off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The Indonesian government has launched legal action against six companies it says helped fuel one of the deadliest environmental disasters in the country's recent history. Officials and advocates say ...

When Americans are killed in plane crashes or train accidents, an independent board steps in to investigate what went wrong and how to avoid the same mistakes again. No such process exists after ...

MADRID, Spain — At least 41 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain on Sunday evening in one of the country’s worst rail disasters in ...

A list of the highest historical death tolls caused by extreme events and disasters such as lightning strikes, tropical cyclones and tornadoes TEPIC, Mexico, May 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

A cost-saving airport design choice turned Jeju Air’s emergency landing into a catastrophe.

More than a decade after one of the worst natural disasters of our time, people in Japan are still living under the threat of ...