Floods have repeatedly reshaped cities, destroyed communities, and caused some of the largest death ...

The world's deadliest floods have claimed millions of lives, with China's 1931 floods remaining the worst recorded disaster.

BEIJING, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A glacial collapse triggered a massive flash flood on Wednesday in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and adjoining Tibet, killing at least 270 people, with authorities ...

Across decades and continents, some of the world's deadliest natural disasters---earthquakes, floods and tsunamis---have occurred on the 26th day of a month.

(via PBS Terra) The 2026 El Niño could be the strongest we’ve ever seen. And to understand its potential impacts, we’ll take a trip back in time to 1877. That El Niño triggered one of the most ...

Claims that Africa is spared natural disasters because its leaders are “natural disasters” ignore the continent’s long history of devastating floods, cyclones, droughts, earthquakes and landslides.

The Vaal Reefs mining disaster of 1995 killed 104 miners who were crushed when a locomotive hit the elevator cage they were traveling in. The entire episode occurred more than a mile below ground, and ...

The tragedy that occurred on London’s now-closed Big Dipper roller coaster resulted in the deaths of 5 children and 13 others ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A satellite view shows collapsed glaciers that, according to an expert, may have triggered flash floods and a mudslide in Langtang ...