Major health problems arose from a new subdivision on an old industrial site No adequate examination of an old waste…
Failure of water pumps caused a chain reaction of higher and higher temperatures and some radioactive gas began to escape…
This was the most recent in the long history of volcanic eruptions in the Cascades. It had a VEI of…
The Ocean Ranger was stationed at sea 170 miles east of Newfoundland. Because of inadequate preparations for windstorms 84 lives…
Since no known faults had been identified in this area, no one expected this earthquake. On May 2, 1983, an…
From the moment an oil tanker arrived at the port of Valdez to load oil, every aspect of the operation…
Armenia at the time was part of the USSR and at war with a neighboring country, Azerbaijan, over territory. Hence…
The reactor in one of the units lost its cooling water, heat built up, and radioactive gas burst out and…
All seven astronauts were killed and the accident gave rise to new, stringent, regulations about decisions on launching. Shortly before…
Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz erupted and mudflows swept down from a height of 17,500 feet. On November 13, 1985, Colombia’s…