Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, and floods, and man-made disasters, such as wars and economic crises, significantly affect the lives of every individual and society in ...

In recent decades, the world has faced an increasing number of natural and man-made disasters. Such disasters include tsunamis, earthquakes, the current ongoing financial crisis, terrorism, riots, and ...

Disasters can occur in our natural environment, as with hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, fires and the like; or they can be humanly or mechanically generated, as with mass shootings, active ...

You may hear about natural disasters often, but some of the deadliest disasters in world history have been anthropogenic hazards (environmental disasters caused by human activity). For this list ...

10 Man-Made Disasters That Made the World Stand Still ... the National Coal Board knowingly constructed them over the site of a natural spring. That waterway combined with weeks of rain caused ...

Man-made disaster on National Geographic The series on National Geographic shows rare footage of how natural resources triggers disaster. One of its episodes includes a Chinese dam — weighing ...

Natural disasters can be categorized as "acute" or "slow" in their onset. They are predictable because they cluster in geographic areas. Natural hazards are unpreventable and, for the most part ...

Suddenly, we have less than we need—and most of this growing problem is man-made. The natural disasters of earthquakes, hurricanes, and droughts can be devastating. Even worse, however ...

Living through a disaster, whether natural or man-made, can take a serious toll on one’s mental health, both in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and for months or even years to follow.

Earth can still be saved, but we've seen plenty of cautionary tales and worst-case scenarios on the big screen. Here are our picks for the best disaster movies.

Natural disasters are a fact of life. There's no controlling Mother Nature, and her wrath can, at times, be staggering. Last year, natural disasters—from droughts in Africa and Russia to ...

The infrastructure simply wasn’t built for this new reality. These flames are not “natural disasters.” They are man-made catastrophes; fuelled by policies that have allowed fossil fuel use ...