History is filled with tragedies that have claimed many lives, from mining disasters to volcanoes and tsunamis. The world has never had a shortage of catastrophes over the centuries, but there are ...

When you turn on the television and see Pakistanis or Australians overwhelmed by floodwaters, do you feel more sympathy than you would for victims of ethnic conflict in Darfur? A European Journal of ...

The Kingston Plant was the site of one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in United States history.

TASS FACTBOX. TASS editors have compiled a list of the largest man-made disasters of 2025 that resulted in significant loss of life, excluding aviation and maritime accidents. On March 28 in Bangkok, ...

Fukushima Report Hints at More 'Man-Made' Disasters in the Future Yes, the nuclear disaster at Fukushima was sparked by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, but a Japanese ...