Huaynaputina is a strato-volcano situated in the Andes range in the south of Peru and is part of the infamous…
The province of Shaanxi in northwestern China has the unenviable record of being the site of the world’s most deadly…
One of Europe’s most elegant capital cities was laid waste at a stroke when a ferocious earthquake - thought to…
The ancient Romans were a superstitious people, forever looking for portents in natural events. They failed utterly, however, to predict…
Lying on the Orontes River some 20 km (13 mi) inland from the Mediterranean coast in what is now the…
Germany built the biggest and best airships, having honed the technology after constructing huge Zeppelins from the early years of…
In an era when society has perforce become accustomed to the regular incidence of tragedies involving disturbed loners who run…
Fatal fires don’t come more harrowing than the crackling inferno that took Collinwood’s children in 20 awful minutes, and prompted…