Union Carbide’s factory was built to provide insecticide for India’s farmers so they would not lose crops. When demand for…
Through neglect of the advice of geological experts, this dam was built on unstable ground that failed when the dam…
Due to faulty understanding of the chemical processes involved, workers allowed substantial quantities of dioxin to escape into the community…
The southern part of the Big Island sustained massive ground movements and some smaller tsunamis. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake, the…
Iceland stands on the mid-Atlantic volcanic ridge and is constantly experiencing eruptions. The 1973 one was one of the most…
Camille was one of only three hurricanes in the history of the United States to make landfall as a category…
A donation of seed grain from the United States to Iraq was wrongly consumed by Iraqis because of language difficulties,…
The city of Managua suffered extreme damage from the shaking and from fires. On the evening of December 22, 1972,…
Brisbane received twelve inches of rain within one twenty-four-hour period and, as a result, both the city and a large…
Eleven Israeli athletes were massacred in a terrorist attack. The beginnings of the modern phase of terrorism exploded into global…