Natural disasters like tornadoes in Missouri and Tennessee present special challenges for rescue workers. A new facility in Raleigh prepares rescue workers for disasters that trap victims under tons ...

Video. Ukrainians in Slavutych on Sunday honoured the men and women whose mission it was to clean up the worst nuclear ...

The 1986 disaster shone a spotlight on lax safety standards and government secrecy in what was then the Soviet Union.

People streamed in from different parts of the city to place candles on a large radiation hazard symbol as they marked the ...