On this day in 1930, telephone operator Louise Gipe, a heroine of the St. Francis Dam disaster, attempted suicide.

In life Francis I, 'Most Christian King' of a France that only sixty years before his accession had finally expelled English occupiers from the realm (and had still to tolerate Calais as an English ...

Through advanced hydrological modeling and satellite data analysis, researchers found that while Storm Daniel brought heavy rainfall, the catastrophe stemmed from dam failures and flawed ...

"Myanmar just can't afford another disaster." People across the country are affected by "widespread violence", and the health system has "been decimated by conflict, overwhelmed by outbreaks of ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for ...

Polley mine disaster? Will charges ever be laid in the Mt. Polley mine disaster? The tailings dam at the open-pit gold and copper mine in B.C.’s Cariboo region gave way in August 2014 ...

Pope Francis’ historic “Statio Orbis” blessing during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic remains relevant for the Church as it did five years ago. Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter ...

Mason Sr. Coral Resort project — known as the Vincent Mason Pool — on the island of St. Croix, marking another milestone under its capital improvement initiatives. The project was executed by J.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Millions of dollars aimed to help with hurricane disaster recovery is coming to St. Pete. The city is deciding how to spend $159.8 million in disaster recovery funds from ...

A year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse ... "Baltimore is connected in ways disaster can't break" The Dali lost power moments before crashing into one of the main spans of the Key ...

The head of an emergency managers’ association told state and local disaster agencies to start planning “to operate in a world without FEMA.” “Think: Worst of Worst (WOW) scenario ...