From shipwrecks and skyscraper infernos to pandemics and planet killers, disaster movies pack big stakes with human stories ...

At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with explosive force—the largest volcanic event in U.S. history. A 5.1-magnitude earthquake triggered a massive landslide that tore away the ...

Extreme weather events have always shaped the course of history, altering civilizations, economies, and even the landscape of Earth. While you may not think about it daily, these natural occurrences ...

Students from around the world paint these butterflies in memory of the 1.5 million children who lost their lives during the Holocaust. Augusta Health’s Childcare Center recently announced that ...

Iconic former Las Vegas mayors Oscar and Carolyn Goodman led the transformation and revitalization of Downtown and the city over 25 years of public service. Madison Police Department determined Friday ...

The EPA is among the agencies impacted by the federal government shutdown, with about 700 Great Lakes Area EPA workers having been furloughed on Monday Lincoln Parish Police Jury creates 'Solid Waste ...

Sunny skies will continue today ahead of the next weather-maker set to bring in clouds by Sunday and a wet Monday.

In February of 1870, President Ulysses Grant signed a law that would provide meteorological observations at military stations in order to give notice on the Northern Lakes and Seacoast.

High over the island of Sicily, Mount Etna smolders as Europe’s most active volcano. Underneath its rough slopes, a network of magma chambers and fractures seethes in virtual quiet—until the earth ...

Europe's largest active volcano is constantly monitored for its next eruption. Scientists have discovered a novel way to predict the next eruption at Mount Etna, the active volcano on the Italian ...