America has always been a nation made and remade by disasters. The ones you know about are just the tip of the iceberg. Under the surface are the events that made lawmakers rewrite the rules, forced ...

Two of the most devastating and deadly coal mine disasters in Wyoming history hit Kemmerer mines over a 13-month period from ...

Flash flood waters surging far above any previously measured levels swept through Ruidoso Tuesday, carrying three people to their deaths, destroying dozens of homes that survived last summer’s fires ...

What if an earthquake struck so violently that it wiped out entire regions? In 1556, that’s exactly what happened in China.

FEMA begins a historic survey in St. Louis after a severe weather disaster, aiming to document the storm impact on historic ...

A new study of the Mobile River finds heavy metal contamination even at levels above that seen after the 2008 Kingston coal ...

Pennsylvania’s 2025 Trail of the Year blends natural beauty and outdoor recreation with deep — and tragic — historical significance. The 14-mile Path of the Flood Trail in the Cambria County community ...

NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid ...