Top 10 Disasters That Changed the Course of History Welcome to WatchMojo, today we’re looking at disasters that played a pivotal role in human history. For our criteria, we’re excluding all ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Evidence of a catastrophic volcanic eruption that occurred in 1159 on Iceland could be a forewarning of disasters to come for the North Atlantic, and in particularly, Ireland. How the 3 ...

Natural disasters have been shaping the path of human history for thousands of years. They leave behind stories of destruction, fatalities, and eventually, survival. They also leave behind stories of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural disasters are devastating events that have the potential to cause huge amounts of damage and loss of life. Globally, ...

In A.D. 79, the city of Pompeii was buried under an avalanche of ash and rocks from arguably the most famous volcanic eruption in history: Mount Vesuvius. Though historians still argue over the exact ...

Archaeologists excavated a muddy canal in the Netherlands and found ancient Roman artifacts and wood posts from after a flood, officials said. Photo from the Municipality of Utrecht Digging into the ...