Natural disasters have been shaping the path of human history for thousands of years. They leave behind stories of destruction, fatalities, and eventually, survival. They also leave behind stories of ...

"By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, ...

Nature has dished out some of its worst devastation on America's east and west coasts, and from North Dakota to the southernmost point in Florida. The nation's most severe natural disasters have had ...

On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded, resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history. The incident ...

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. The Great Lakes Storm of ...

Storm cleanup delays other work City of Ottawa details extent of work needed to clean up the fallen trees along thousands of kilometers of streets. CTV’s Peter Szperling reports.

LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. - The federal Transportation Safety Board shared details of its upcoming multi-month investigation into what it describes as possibly the worst train disaster in Canadian history.

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: 1915 Britannia Mountain disaster Just after midnight on March 22, 1915, part of Britannia Mountain fell off, just above a mining camp. “AVALANCHE OVERWHELMS BRITANNIA MINE HEAD,” ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are just ...

The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 is still the deadliest and most destructive natural disaster to hit the five lakes in recorded history, killing more than 250 people, destroying 19 ships and stranding 19 ...