Understanding the Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire is an extensive area in the Pacific Ocean where numerous earthquakes and ...

When it comes to disaster resilience, the science is clear: vulnerability is local, and so must be the solutions. In the ...

THIS weekend, we witnessed with horror the devastation wrought by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Myanmar which shook the ...

Volcanic eruptions are one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces. They can alter landscapes, affect weather ...

In 1997, he published Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster. "Climbing Mount Everest was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life. I wish I'd never gone," Krakauer ...

Now streaming on Netflix, Everest, which originally premiered in 2015 and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke and Josh Brolin, among others, tells the story of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster that ...

CHAMPAGNE, France (AP) — Across wine country in France, Italy and Spain one number is top of mind: 200%. That's because last week U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a tariff of that amount ...

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to shift responsibility for disaster preparations to state and local governments ...

My childhood dream was to become a tornado chaser. Seriously, just ask my family because this natural disaster is something I talked about a lot, especially after seeing the movie “Twister ...

When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest, expedition companies will test drones that can ferry loads as heavy as 35 pounds in the high altitudes, bring back ladders used to ...