On December 23, 1953, New Zealand faced one of its deadliest rail tragedies, known as the Tangiwai Disaster. A passenger train traveling from Wellington to Auckland plunged into the Whangaehu River ...
The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering ...