Top 10 Disasters That Changed the Course of History Welcome to WatchMojo, today we’re looking at disasters that played a pivotal role in human history. For our criteria, we’re excluding all ...

Earthquakes, hurricanes and volcanoes have taken countless lives and caused immeasurable damage throughout history. Natural disasters are devastating events that have the potential to cause huge ...

At the same time, Ferguson contextualizes the crisis in the long history of disasters: not only the plagues that have threatened civilization from the beginning, but a range of other catastrophes ...

Floods, among the most terrifying forces on Earth, have led to countless disasters throughout history. The story of a catastrophic flood -- a metaphor for a cleansing of humanity’s sins ...

To better understand FEMA's value, let's take a look back at how the nation responded to disasters before the agency existed, and what history reveals about when FEMA was most effective. Before 1950, ...

What has the role of disasters been in shaping society throughout history? Disasters tend to make structural failures and long-running structural inequalities glaringly obvious.

Obviously, we won't know the number of dead in Haiti but from what we know the number of dead is likely to be mind-boggling in what appears to be a disaster of epic dimensions. Even though it's ...

Natural disasters have been shaping the path of human history for thousands of years. They leave behind stories of destruction, fatalities, and eventually, survival. They also leave behind stories ...

To better understand FEMA’s value, let’s take a look back at how the nation responded to disasters before the agency existed, and what history reveals about when FEMA was most effective.

From the Costa Concordia cruise ship to the Golden Ray cargo ship, take a look back at some of the biggest maritime disasters around the world in modern history.

U.N. Undersecretary Jan Egeland, who is in charge of emergency relief coordination, said the disaster had caused "many billions of dollars" of damage, and could be costliest in history.