1816: The Year Without a Summer
The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June…
The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June…
The power and force of mother nature never cease to amaze us, reminding us of our vulnerability in the face…
The most deadly storms in recorded history have been identified by the World Meteorological Organis…
At the end of the 19th century, America was beaming with confidence and feeling bigger and stronger t…
In July 1958, an 8.3-magnitude earthquake at the Fairweather Fault rocked Alaska's southern coast. The …
On 26 April 1989 a massive twister struck the Manikganj District of central Bangladesh. What became known as …
For six months in the summer and fall of 1969, Niagara’s American Falls were“de-watered”, as the Army Corps o…
The infamous “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s, which much of the central part of the nation simply turned to dus…
The event is named after the Tunguska region, which was sparsely populated at the time. Eyewitnesses reported…
The deadliest natural disaster in American history remains the 1900 hurricane in the island city of Galveston…
The year with the most tornadoes in the United States is a subject of great interest and significance. Tornad…
History has seen some monstrous eruptions of volcanoes, from Mount Pinatubo's weather-cooling burp to the…
It happened more than two centuries ago, but its impact remains enormous. Historians have credited the infamo…
In June 1991 the Philippine volcano, Mount Pinatubo, exploded producing one of the greatest volcanic eruption…
The Great Frost, as it was known in England, or Le Grand Hiver ("The Great Winter"), as it was kn…