When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas ...

Image Credit: Chernobyl (Image: HBO) After its release in 2019, ‘Chernobyl‘ immediately became one of the most talked-about ...

Today marks 15 years since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan. Some parts of the surrounding area are still recovering.

From Bhopal to the draining of the Aral Sea, discover some of the worst man-made disasters that have occurred around the ...

HBO’s devastating five-part historical miniseries about a real disaster is suddenly climbing Apple TV charts worldwide seven ...

A look back at 60 Minutes' reporting on the deadly 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 20,000.

After the explosion of reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, the Soviet Union launched an ...

Doctors ruled, therefore, that her defects were likely caused by her birth mother having lived close to Chernobyl in the ...

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a ...

Kusano shrine, destroyed by the 2011 tsunami and later rebuilt, stands in fields in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Thursday, ...

A new study has made a troubling discovery about the health of ecosystems near Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the atomic bomb ...