Most residents didn't know the storm was coming when it levelled most of the city, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people.

On Saturday, to commemorate the anniversary of the deadliest natural disaster in American history, thousands will gather ...

Houston historian Mister McKinney details how the nation's worst natural disaster changed Galveston and Houston forever ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly ...

Here is a look back at some of the world’s worst natural disasters.

Since 1980, there have been 332 weather disasters in the U.S. that have inflicted at least $1 billion worth in damage. And these events have been getting more frequent over the decades. According ...

Poor infrastructure, large populations bases and bad timing have led to some of the most horrific natural disasters in recorded history. After Italy was impacted by a devastating earthquake early ...

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 ...

Violent changes in the atmosphere associated with extreme weather phenomena caused some of the deadliest disasters this year. In 2019, several meteorological disasters affected the planet, from ...

Although nine in 10 Americans believe it’s important to be prepared for the worst in the event of a natural disaster — less ...

Natural disasters have taken the lives of millions of people throughout history. China is home to some of the deadliest natural disasters of all time. The 2004 tsunami in Indonesia killed 227,898 ...

10 of 2020's Deadliest Natural Disasters Although the world's focus has been on the coronavirus pandemic, the presence of natural disasters has persisted, and in some cases, compounded with COVID ...