People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

In 1991, retreating Iraqi forces set over 700 Kuwaiti oil wells ablaze, creating an environmental catastrophe of ...

I think it will be in terms of just the costs associated with it, in terms of the scale and scope,” the California governor said.

Economic toll from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in U.S. last year and were above average globally.

Of the various fires that have ignited around Los Angeles since last Tuesday, the two biggest have been the Palisades Fire, ...

Despite the finger-pointing about who is to blame for the spread of the LA fires, veteran climate writer Jeff Goodell ...

The Knickerbocker Theater disaster, which took place on this day in 1922, killed 98 moviegoers and injured another 133 ...

Blazes have left at least 16 dead as questions asked about the lack of water supply for firefighters tackling monster blazes ...

The world endured three of its top-20 costliest disasters on record in 2024, its fifth-deadliest wildfire, and a record three heat waves that caused more than 1,000 deaths.

At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ...

They’re the possessions that tell your story: the photos of old friends and relatives. The ring your mom left you. The ...

The sinking of "Himara" on January 19, 1947 off Evia resulted in a loss of at least 383 people and has been dubbed as the ...