It was a very early morning in August when an entire mountainside in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord detached and slid into the deep ocean water beneath it.

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

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In 1983, a diving crew aboard the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea prepared to surface after a routine job. But when a single valve opened too soon, it caused a decompression blast so powerful ...

There is no disaster that 9-1-1 cannot tackle. If you thought a cruise ship disaster was too insane, or a tsunami taking out the Santa Monica pier was the extent of the wickedly creative mind of the 9 ...

The cargo ship El Faro sank on Oct. 1, 2015, leaving four Maine residents and 29 others dead. It has been described as one of the worst maritime disasters in recent history. 21,232 people played the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) – Ten years ago, the cargo ship El Faro sank off of the Bahamas in a massive Category 4 hurricane, killing all 33 people on board, including four from Maine. It was one of the ...

The French eat snails and frog legs, Italians have a cheese with live maggots, while the folks in the land down under chomp on kangaroo steak. But somehow, the rest of the world saves its loudest ...

Ten years ago this week, one of the worst maritime disasters in American history took place in the Bahamas. Thirty-three crew members of the container ship SS El Faro sailed directly into Hurricane ...

While the majority of Marin beaches received top marks for water quality, one has earned a spot among the 10 worst, according to an annual assessment. Related Articles Puckish sea otters continue surf ...

Visitors to James Point Park in North Jacksonville can see the SS El Faro memorial along the St. Johns River. El Faro, Spanish for “the lighthouse,” takes form in a 10-foot-tall bronze lighthouse ...