Natural disasters have become some of the most expensive shocks to the U.S. economy, reshaping entire regions in a matter of ...

Today's Just ask Justin question is about the deadliest natural disaster in US history, which was exactly 125 years ago on Monday.

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a ...

Some disasters don’t just destroy cities—they reshape civilizations. From volcanic eruptions that blotted out the sun to floods that inspired ancient myths, nature has always had the power to rewrite ...

NEW ORLEANS — In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina became one of the deadliest and most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history. Forming over the Bahamas as a tropical depression on August 23, ...

Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. “He said there are children still stuck in the landslide, so he'll go and help them and come ...

Earthquakes account for some of the costliest natural disasters in history. They can literally reshape the planet. But how powerful can they get? That's a question humans have only recently been able ...

The 1900 Storm Memorial by David Moore sits atop the Galveston Seawall. In 1900, Galveston experienced what is still considered the deadliest natural disaster in American history when a category 4 ...

Houston – This year marks the 125th anniversary of the great Galveston hurricane of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. To honor that chapter of Texas history, two Houstonians have ...

A landslide wiped out an entire village in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history, a ...