Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural disasters have a way of reminding us just how unpredictable and powerful nature can be. Some events in history sound like ...

Galveston was known at the end of the 19th Century as the "Jewel of Texas" until the single deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history wiped away much of what had been a booming future. The bustling ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (WCSC) — Nearly 300,000 people were killed in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti 16 years ago, marking one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. The quake, ...