“A fast-moving cold front will blast through the area overnight with most of the steady rain finished by 8 a.m. Thursday, if not sooner,” the National Weather Service said. “Despite the ...

Maritime disasters have occurred throughout history, claiming huge numbers of lives and causing immeasurable damage to the world’s shipping industry. From shipwrecks to collisions, fires ...

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast, triggering a nuclear crisis, with residents in one of the hardest-hit areas again reeling ...

People across Japan are remembering tens of thousands of lives lost 14 years ago. On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan's eastern Pacific coast, triggering a nuclear ...

Here’s a closer look at some of the most infamous man-made disasters in history. Flickr, licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in March 1989.

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Monday that will put states and local jurisdictions in the driver's seat of preparing and responding to disasters ...

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More Helene in her town of Barnardsville, NC. Helene was a natural disaster of epic proportions and left many in North Carolina without homes. Over the last few heady weeks, many news stories have ...

Severe rains have brought down walls and damaged property in and around Durban. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/EWN. JOHANNESBURG - KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has been declared a national state of disaster ...

A journalist's decision to preserve the dignity of a child trapped in a volcanic mudslide offers a precious, human bent to the story of a forgotten natural disaster overseas. Video of a young ...

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