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In August 1973, British engineers Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson were laying cables on the ocean floor when their submersible, Pisces III, suddenly flooded and plummeted to the seabed — over 1,600 ...

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By Cobic B.V., with input from Gido van Tienhoven, ATEX/IECEx explosion safety specialist Key takeaways:  Preventable ...

The disaster exposed glaring inadequacies in safety measures ... The tragedy underscores the fragile relationship between human ambition and the unforgiving nature of mechanical failure. In 1985, the ...

Global insurance losses from natural disasters have eclipsed $100 billion in 2025, even as subdued hurricane activity has resulted in unusually low third-quarter costs so far. Preliminary insured ...

More than 40 U.S. cities and states have sued oil companies in recent years, attempting to recover the costs of climate-related weather disasters and mitigation measures. Eleven states have passed ...

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In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was to make disaster-risk reduction part of everyday thinking worldwide. Today ...

Cece Cordon had been living in a used recreational vehicle for a few months with her husband and toddler when Hurricane Helene swept through Hendersonville, N.C., last September, killing more than 100 ...

There’s a reason disaster movies are so popular – they’re a high-spectacle adrenaline rush that gives viewers a safe way to experience chaos and destruction. Movies like Airport, Titanic, and ...

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