New research reveals that wild disturbances are increasing across America, and these events greatly influenced indirectly by ...

Texas, Georgia and Illinois are the three worst states for natural disasters. Hawaii, Alaska and Maine are the three states with the fewest natural disasters. Natural disaster frequency and losses are ...

Not all communities face disasters equally. Some are hit harder, recover slower, or are more vulnerable from the start. FEMA's Risk Map ranks every county and Census tract in the U.S. based on three ...

In this episode, we explore the catastrophic events of 536 AD—widely considered the worst year in human history. A massive volcanic eruption triggered global cooling, failed harvests, famine, and ...

NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid ...

What began as a foggy evening in London became one of the deadliest train disasters in British history. On December 4, 1957, two trains collided in Lewisham, killing 90 people and injuring more than ...