Flowing into thousands of villages, the muddy flood waters fully submerged and desecrated hundreds of thousands of acres of crops. Bodies of drowned cattle littered the ground. Only skeletons remained ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Historian Gregory Wilson will give a free talk at the Library of Virginia in December about the Kepone environmental disaster, which caused the temporary closure of the James ...

Following major disasters, reconstruction drives massive demand for cement, sand, timber, and steel, often equivalent to 10 ...

On February 26, 1852, the HMS Birkenhead struck a cluster of rocks off the coast of South Africa. With only a few lifeboats for the 638 people aboard, Captain Robert Salmond ordered the women and ...

A Russian tanker wrecked in an alleged Ukrainian attack is floating in the Mediterranean and could cause an 'unprecedented environmental disaster'. With no crew on board and a gaping hole in one side, ...

The role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in emergency response is part of the national response plan for disasters. The agency is involved in the preparedness and planning ...

A World Bank-led study finds that natural hazards cause the equivalent of 9.4 million job losses annually worldwide, while ...

A new report, coauthored by Northwestern University faculty including Professors Emeritus Stephen Carr and William Miller, ...