As the history books will tell you, the mining industry has taken thousands of lives over the years. When the Industrial ...

However, human-caused disasters can have equally devastating impacts on the lives of countless people. Here are five of the biggest human-caused disasters to occur in modern history ... meant to stop ...

However, the the risk of a dangerous nuclear accident remains present ... killing four of them. The two worst nuclear accidents in history were the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in ...

To this day, several species are still considered not to have recovered from the incident ... making it "one of the worst oil spills in human history." "Coastal communities would be hit hardest.

The worst accident for the U.S. Air Force occurred ... When it happened, it was the deadliest crash in U.S. aviation history, though that distinction has sadly been surpassed.

On the night of Sept. 8, 1923, seven U.S. Navy destroyers ran aground at Honda Point, California. They weren't under attack or in combat. They were conducting a high-speed training exercise along ...

Two men have been found guilty in connection with the deadliest human smuggling incident in modern U.S. history. In 2022, 53 people, including 6 children, died inside a tractor trailer in Texas.

The Unit 1 reactor on Three Mile Island, which closed in 2019, is adjacent to the Unit 2 reactor that experienced a major nuclear power accident ... worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history.