Environmental disasters generally fall into two categories: natural and manmade. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 ...

From Bhopal to the draining of the Aral Sea, discover some of the worst man-made disasters that have occurred around the ...

In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 and ignited a fireball so large it could be seen from 40 miles away. For nearly ...

Despite avoiding a landfall by a major hurricane last year, the United States still endured 23 weather-related disasters that caused at least a $1 billion in damage costs in 2025. The total ...

Indigenous communities are often the worst hit when major disasters strike. The recent floods across the Northern Territory are a case in point. Last week, residents in the regional centre of ...

The brand new four-part series Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown premieres on CNN Sunday, March 1 at 9/8c. Across the span of four episodes, the new CNN original series will examine the world’s worst ...