Human civilization has achieved extraordinary things — but it has also left a trail of environmental wreckage that spans continents, centuries, and ecosystems. From catastrophic nuclear meltdowns to ...

It is the same old story every monsoon season, only this year it started earlier than usual. Massive cloudbursts over western Nepal and the neighbouring Indian state of Uttarakhand in mid-June ...

Fukushima Report Hints at More 'Man-Made' Disasters in the Future Yes, the nuclear disaster at Fukushima was sparked by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, but a Japanese ...

Puran Chand Sharma puransharma53@gmail.com The recent tragedy on the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage route has shocked millions ...

Here in my adopted city of Vancouver, people are still reeling from the recent killing of 11 people by a man who intentionally drove his SUV into a crowded Filipino street festival. Among the victims ...

The Haitian earthquake has produced a catastrophe of biblical proportions. The enormous loss of life being predicted by officials on the ground would make it the worst natural disaster of its kind in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUBURN, Ala. (WRBL) — As the federal government shutdown drags into its fourth week, hunger relief leaders across Alabama are ...

On November 25, a massive fire broke out in the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Hong Kong, China, claiming 161 deaths TASS FACTBOX. TASS editors have compiled a list of the largest man-made ...

New Delhi: From avalanches in the Himalayas to industrial and man-made disasters in urban centres, India's mobile-based disaster alert system issues geo-targeted warnings in regional languages that ...