A disaster area is a region or a locale that has been heavily damaged by either natural, technological or social hazards. Disaster areas affect the population...

The Disaster Area is a collection of science fiction short stories by British author J. G. Ballard. "Storm-bird, Storm-dreamer" "The Concentration City"...

A disaster is an event that causes serious harm to people, buildings, economies, or the environment, and the affected community cannot handle it alone...

The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh...

A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include avalanches...

(South Korea) and the 2024 Sinpyeong Rail Disaster (North Korea). The Red Cross was allowed into the area, in an unusual concession from the North Korean...

The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, U.S. The LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff...

The Chernobyl disaster began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in...

Disaster response is the actions taken directly before, during or immediately after a disaster. The objective is to save lives, ensure health and safety...

The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide...