Over 1,700 people board the Queen of the Sea express train in Sri Lanka, unaware that a wall of water is heading straight for them. This is the haunting story of the world’s deadliest rail ...

This Week In History: On April 21, 1930, more than 320 inmates were killed in a fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus – the largest prison fire in U.S. history. Some of the inmates ...

A tsunami is a series of waves caused by a significant and sudden movement of water in the ocean. The most common trigger for tsunamis is large earthquakes that occur beneath or near the ocean ...

Tsunamis are among the deadliest ocean hazards. They can arrive within just minutes or hours and impact multiple ocean basins. Early warning systems save lives, and so does knowing how to react.

Those beautiful, but potentially dangerous ice tsunamis are making a return visit to Lake Nipissing's shoreline. The recent rain and milder temperatures has weakened the ice cover, and winds from ...

It would go on to become the largest marine oil spill in history. Also, on this day in 1999, a shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado left 14 people dead, including the two teenage gunmen. It ...

GEORGE TOWN, April 23 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has upgraded four Malaysian Tsunami Early Warning Systems (SAATNM) located at four locations near the sea in Penang.

The decision came as part of its efforts to strengthen security in the region. In the aftermath of a deadly assault on tourists in the Pahalgam region of Kashmir, the Indian government has announced ...

The international community has a golden opportunity to start reining in the escalating, mostly ignored global burden of chronic kidney disease.

Ukraine has been battered by Russian aerial attacks through the war, but deadly strikes on Kyiv, which is better protected by air defences that other cities, are less common.

A deadly storm system that pummeled portions of the central U.S. with heavy rain and tornadoes is expected to sweep across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys on April 21, bringing a barrage of severe ...