The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 remains the deadliest on record in the U.S., highlighting the crucial need for accurate tornado warnings that were absent at the time.
In July 1944, the Black Watch was sent against the heavily defended Verrières Ridge during the fighting south of Caen.
The deadliest single-aircraft crash in history occurred on August 12, when Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount ...
On Memorial Day 1889, the South Fork Dam gave way under record rainfall—sending a 40-foot wall of water crashing into Johnstown. More than 2,200 lives were lost in minutes, marking one of the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Communities across Washington are remembering the 43 people killed in the 2014 Oso landslide, the deadliest in U.S. history. A ...
BANGKOK, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on Tuesday released its 2015 report on the most disaster-prone region ...