In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...

Natural disasters have shaped the course of history in more ways than people can imagine. In his new book, "Wicked Weather: Natural Disasters that Changed History," Rutgers—Newark Distinguished ...

The storm stunned many by decimating communities far inland and long after landfall, hitting places rarely impacted by ...

Nuclear accidents have become opportunities to strengthen and improve nuclear safety – while conveniently forgetting the lasting harm done to the victims.

There is something humbling about realizing that the most urgent climate questions we wrestle with today were, in many ways, already being answered decades ago. Scientists, policymakers, and ordinary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volunteers look for survivors near a building damaged in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, 2025, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Hurricane Sandy hits in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The storm, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly ...

In a nation as dynamic as the United States, history is more than just tales from the past; it's a mirror reflecting our current missteps and triumphs. Yet, as much as we advance, some disasters ...

Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne exacted a heavy toll upon Florida and other locales in the 2004 hurricane season, resulting in dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in property damage ...

Like Japan, Turkey has a long history of destructive earthquakes. In 2023, it and neighboring Syria were struck by massive quakes that left more than 59,000 dead. Turkey is now shifting focus from ...

As the reach and intensity of extreme weather events increase, communities that were once considered relatively safe are finding themselves on the front lines of catastrophe. Over the past six months, ...