Early that year, the HMS Birkenhead departed from South Africa ... Saving women and children first was tied so closely to the disaster that the practice became known as the Birkenhead Drill.

Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship smashed into an oil tanker transporting jet fuel for the US military. The crash ignited a huge ...

These types of disasters are only set to become more frequent and intense as climate change drives warmer and drier conditions. According to NASA, parts of the western U.S., Mexico, Brazil ...

This work goes beyond simply responding to individuals who have been affected by disasters — FEMA also supports public infrastructure repairs, business continuity, identifies emerging threats ...

Animals' unique abilities to predict natural disasters have amazed scientists for centuries. Dogs, elephants, fish, toads, cats, birds, cows, and snakes show unusual behaviors before earthquakes ...

As Japan marks the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated large areas of the country’s northeast in 2011, experts have warned that the seismic conditions in an underwater ...

According to a New Report HGTV's David Bromstad Says These Bathroom Updates Just Aren't Worth Doing HMS Diamond Shoots Down Drone in the Red Sea While Escorting Ships Shane Beamer Takes Emotional ...

Top officials at the US Department of Homeland Security received a memo on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate change and the elimination of climate-related terms across ...

President Trump approved major disaster declaration for 10 Eastern Kentucky counties following severe flooding. Federal funding will be available to individuals, state and local government ...

Video / NZ Herald A 26 year-old man has been arrested and charged in relation to a stabbing which took place in the Auckland suburb of Birkenhead two weeks ago. Detective Sergeant Matt Bartlett ...

After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows. As Reda Rountree and ...

Iowans would have a new avenue to help them brace for natural disasters pummeling Iowa with growing frequency under a proposal advancing in the state House to allow people to set aside money in a ...