Philippine Studies: Historical & Ethnographic Viewpoints, Vol. 64, No. 3/4, Special Double Issue: Disasters in History (sept-dec 2016), pp. 641-656 (16 pages) This concluding article identifies some ...

Arrows show the approximate locations where the TWA and United planes crashed into the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The ...

Sean Gallup // Getty Images 20 of the biggest environmental disasters in history A sign warns of radiation contamination near former apartment buildings.

At the same time, Ferguson contextualizes the crisis in the long history of disasters: not only the plagues that have threatened civilization from the beginning, but a range of other catastrophes ...

Disasters have always been a part of human history, leaving behind trails of devastation and despair. From ancient times to the modern era, the world has witnessed catastrophic events that have ...

People walk down flooded street as Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. File image/AP Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history, made landfall on ...

Ethel Caterham, born in 1909, has become the world's oldest living person at 116. Her life spans significant historical ...

Top 10 Disasters That Changed the Course of History Welcome to WatchMojo, today we’re looking at disasters that played a pivotal role in human history. For our criteria, we’re excluding all ...

States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed why federal coordination was essential.

The Supreme Court described the result as "unprecedented devastation to the marine environment of Sri Lanka," citing the ...

Disaster capitalism has a long history. One of the last remaining ‘relief cottages’ built by Funston’s army at the cost of $100 and rented for $2 was just recently sold for $600,000.

Disaster recovery actually came into play in the late 1970s when computer center managers finally began to recognize that their organizations were extremely dependent upon the use of their ...