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California Kindling: A Dry Winter and Reduced Snowpack Means Wildfires for the Golden State
The wildfire season is starting early in southern California this year, thanks in part to an unusually dry winter and spring. As the climate warms, will drought...
Earthquake Shakes Large Area Around Mexico City
(MEXICO CITY) — Earthquakes shook a broad swath of southern Mexico on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital and sending thousands fleeing into the...
Two Years After Fukushima, Japan Worries About the Next Big Quake
Experts warn that despite increased disaster preparedness in the wake of the 2011 earthquake, Tokyo is vulnerable to calamity.
Iran Selects 16 Sites for New Nuclear Plants
(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran has selected 16 locations for the construction of nuclear power plants as part of a plan to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity at...
New England in Ruins: Recalling the Great Hurricane of ’38
More than 70 years before Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc across the eastern U.S., a terrifying, legendary storm swept through New England, leaving an eerily...
Photo Essays
Waco Tornado, 1953: Photos From the Aftermath of a Deadly Texas Twister
The world is a dangerous place. Earthquakes, floods, wildfires, volcanoes, droughts, hurricanes and tornadoes reshape the land, destroy lives and lay waste to...
Aleppo: Scenes from a City of Ruins
Italian photographer Alessio Romenzi has been chronicling the Syrian civil war for months. The following pictures of his are from a few days in mid-April spent...
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Top 10 Deadliest Earthquakes
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake has hit northeastern Japan, producing a destructive tsunami that swept through several coastal areas. TIME takes a look at some of...
