Five years after a pipeline rupture spilled over one million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, local Michigan residents and activists battle new pipeline proposals.

Volcano Eruption - The Eruption of Mt St Helens 1980 In 1980, a major volcanic eruption occurred at Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in Washington, in the United States.

Seattle is not the only area dealing with this risk, though, and the need for a more resilient, proactive approach to address its various infrastructure concerns.

Radioactivity stirs primal fears in many people, but Geoff Watts argues that an undue sense of its risks can cause real harm.

The blast was caused by an oil leak, the local fire department said in a statement on social media, adding that at least 23 trucks and 138 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze.

A teenage girl survived a mountain plane crash that is thought to have killed her grandparents before hiking alone through wilderness “for a couple of days” and flagging down a passing car.

Brookfield Zoo officials said all 54 stingrays in the zoo's Stingray Bay habitat died Friday after oxygen levels dropped in the tank in which the animals lived.

The Great Peshtigo Fire happened October 8, 1871, it is called the forgotten fire because the Chicago Fire happened the same day. It is the largest natural disaster in terms of loss of human lives in United States history. This is the story as written by Reverend Peter Pernin who was the Parish priest for St. Mary's Church in Peshtigo at the time of the fire. It is a long but fascinating read,

American volcanoes sparked a huge dust cloud triggering catastrophic climate change which could have dealt the final blow to the Roman Empire.

How the 2011 Japanese Tsunami Changed the Face of Science

An Iraqi fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighbourhood on Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said. The plane – one of several Sukhois used by Iraq in the fight against Islamic State – was returning to base when the accident happened. Military spokesman says technical failure caused aircraft to malfunction and drop bomb, which hit houses in New Baghdad district of capital.

Beautiful tornado tracks in open farm land narrowly missing a home near Simla, Colorado.

MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian air force transport plane carrying military personnel and their families plowed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city of Medan shortly after takeoff on Tuesday, killing more than 70.

At least five predominantly black churches have caught fire in the last week, including at least three that have been the subject of arson, the Southern Poverty Law Center reports. The string of blazes, which have occurred in four Southern states and Ohio...

A wildfire fueled by high temperatures and strong winds roared into a central Washington neighborhood on Sunday, destroying residences and forcing residents of several hundred homes to flee...

At least 205 people were injured, 82 seriously, in an explosion Saturday evening at a recreational water park in New Taipei, Taiwan.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a mosque attack in Kuwait that has left 25 people dead and hundreds injured.

A small plane carrying a pilot and eight passengers from a cruise ship was believed to have crashed in Ketchikan, Alaska, Thursday.

In Tibet, a geologist learns how folk stories may record actual catastrophes.

After years of devastating drought, ultra-wealthy Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., faces water rationing, but residents feel aggrieved. If you can pay the price for more water, they argue, you should get it.