Data disasters resulting from cyberattacks and ransomware dominate news headlines. However, the most consistent and costly ...

In February 2025, a waste pit at a copper mine operated by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia collapsed, releasing millions of gallons of highly acidic toxic sludge laced with heavy metals into nearby rivers ...

NEW DELHI— On August 11, 1997, the quiet valleys of Chirgaon in Himachal Pradesh turned into a nightmare as a cloudburst triggered massive floods and landslides, killing over 200 people. The tragedy ...

Natural disasters have a way of reminding us just how unpredictable and powerful nature can be. Some events in history sound ...

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 ...

When disasters strike - whether floods, earthquakes, forest fires, or cyclones - success in rescue and relief operations ...

Monika Graff / Getty Images Dr. Latoya Storr was an emergency medicine physician for a hospital in Grand Bahama when Hurricane Dorian ripped across the island in 2019. The hospital flooded four feet ...

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deaths, economic damage and other negative impacts from disasters have caused losses equivalent to 42 million life years annually since 1980, a measure that is ...

Around 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens faced near extinction due to the Toba supervolcano eruption, which triggered a volcanic ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL / ACCESS Newswire / October 28, 2025 / When a natural disaster strikes, the aftermath is not just about ...

The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...