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.

SEATTLE, WA. — August 29 will mark the 20th year since Hurricane Katrina. It was the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history. It tore through the gulf coast with catastrophic power. Now, 20 ...

Using a simulated disaster scenario of a chemical accident on a highway near their school, Livonia High School students soon discovered how important geographic information systems and imaging science ...

National Geographic’s Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time unfolds directly from those who lived through the disaster, revealing both the enduring impacts of the storm and the unshakeable strength of ...

An earthquake has hit southern Spain this morning, with reports that buildings were shaken by the force of the tremors. The 5.5-magnitude quake was felt in more than 50 towns including the popular ...