Fifty years after the James river’s closure, Virginia’s worst environmental disaster — one that sickened scores of citizens and crippled a vital industry — marks a nadir in the state’s ...

Camp Mystic in Texas flooded on July 4, killing 27 people, including 25 children. Over 200 millimeters (over seven inches) of ...

Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia's power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods ...

LIBBY, Mont. — Gov. Greg Gianforte has issued an executive order declaring a flooding disaster in northwestern Montana. Since Dec. 8, the Fisher and Yaak Rivers have experienced significant rises due ...

At 3 a.m. Thursday, the Nooksack River hit 150.49 feet, breaking the record set by the 2021 floods when the North Cedarville gauge hit 149.6 feet. And in Skagit, the level of flooding could be ...

November 19 marked 15 years since an explosion ripped through the underground Pike River Coal mine on the remote West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Twenty-nine workers were trapped in the mine.

Four years after the Fundão dam collapse—the world's largest mining disaster, which occurred in 2015 in the city of Mariana ...

NFL executive warns Colts against starting 44-year-old Philip Rivers at quarterback in Week 15 after five years away from the NFL ...

Pakistan Extreme Weather Floods Volunteers evacuate villagers from a flooded area following heavy rains and raising water in rivers, in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan ...

The World Socialist Web Site has received the following letter from Bernie Monk, whose son Michael was one of 29 workers who were killed in the 2010 Pike River coal mine disaster in New Zealand. It is ...