A catastrophic earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone threatens to upend life across the Pacific Northwest. Scientists warn that a magnitude 9.0 or greater event is not just possible—it is overdue.

When United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collided in midair above the Grand Canyon on a June morning in 1956—the spinning props of the United DC-7 slicing into the fuselage of the TWA L-1049 Super Constellation as its wing cut ...

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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.

Distinguished Professor of Geography and Director of the Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute, University of South Carolina When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4 ...

More than 30 hours after the blaze began at Wang Fuk Court, there was still a sense that it is far from under control.