Disasters Once Unthinkable: A Grim Preview It might still read like something out of a novel. In “The Ministry for the Future ...

Natural disasters have intensified in the past month as the super El Nino phenomenon takes effect.

Coal mining has produced some of the deadliest industrial accidents in modern history. From methane explosions and coal dust ignition to structural collapse and flooding, the industry’s worst ...

Unfortunately, one of the things we cannot control in the United States is the weather. For better or worse, the weather is something we must completely submit to, whether it’s constant days of rain, ...

Operators need a plan for what happens after an extreme weather event or man-made accident, but most don’t have one, experts say.

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 ...

The Trump administration’s steep staff cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) triggered shutdowns of several climate-related programs Thursday. Perhaps most notably, the ...

December 2024 marked 40 years since the toxic gas leak from a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India. The leak of toxic methyl isocyanate, or MIC, used in the manufacture of pesticides, killed ...

Empty boat docks sit on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake, currently at 37% of its normal capacity, in Folsom, Calif., Saturday, May 22, 2021. Droughts are the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HONOLULU (KHON2) -- The Hawaiian Archipelago is typically in a sweet spot in the Pacific Ocean where many storms pass through the ...