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 ...

In 1972, off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a project launched with genuine optimism and the full backing of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The idea was to sink approximately two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A popular database that tracked the nation's growing number of billion-dollar disasters is going away, in another of the ongoing ...

A new IAEA research project will investigate how artificial intelligence can be used to strengthen non-destructive testing techniques used in disaster response. The project aims to enable faster, ...

Our planet has been shaped by various human activities that have largely contributed to make Earth a better planet for survival. But some human activities are the reason for environmental disasters ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as people and ...

The H&M Foundation announced a partnership with the Sustainable Environment & Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) to reinforce resilience in a few vulnerable and disaster-prone Indian communities ...

The San Mateo City Council will be holding a study session Nov. 3 discussing the Hillsdale Mall Project. Currently the project is projected to produce 2,100,000 square feet of commercial space and ...

A popular database that tracked the nation's growing number of billion-dollar disasters is going away, in another of the ongoing changes at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ...