Environment
The strongest El Nino in history has ended but 'natural disasters in the second half of 2024 will be very fierce'
Weather is becoming more and more extreme due to many factors occurring at the same time.
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Animal world
Wild 'paradise' nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
The area around the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant is now filled with wildlife and is an ideal place for scientists to study.
Environment
Asia officially becomes the most natural disaster-prone region in the world
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Asia is the region that has to deal with more natural disasters than any other region in the world.
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Scary images of the 'cataclysm' in Southern China
31 days of continuous heavy rain pushed China into disaster when the lives of 14 million people were affected.
Biology
More than 1,000 billion of these insects burrowed into the ground, causing America to fall into the biggest 'disaster' in 221 years.
Since 1803, this will be the first time insects of these two generations have appeared in America at the same time.
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The world's largest nuclear power plant is about to revive
Japan is about to restart production activities at the Kashiwazaki - Kariwa nuclear power plant after a long period of closure due to the impact of the Fukushima disaste…
Environment
The Aberfan disaster in pictures: The true story of the tragedy that shocked Wales in 1966!
In 1966, a terrible tragedy occurred in Aberfan, a small village in Wales, and shook the whole of England.
Environment
Taiwan's anti-earthquake efforts after the 921 disaster
The earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 2,400 people in 1999 prompted Taiwan to change its construction regulations and focus on strengthening against vibrati…
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Top 7 worst bridge collapse disasters in history
Many bridge collapse disasters around the world are the result of diverse causes, from design mistakes to extreme weather and human error.
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Decoding the mysterious 'shadow' on the sidewalk, is it a supernatural phenomenon?
The Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear disasters left many mysterious questions, typically these
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First footage of the reactor meltdown in Fukushima
Drone images reveal the scale of damage at the Fukushima nuclear power plant 13 years after the meltdown disaster.
Oceanography
Unexpected disaster when gray whales reappear in the Atlantic Ocean
For the first time in 200 years, a gray whale has been sighted in the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists warn that this is a bad omen for the Earth.
Doomsday
10 hot warning signs for humanity about self-made disasters
Unexpected events occurring in 2022 are a warning of an apocalypse that humans will face, of our own creation.
Environment
An earthquake of magnitude 4 occurred, causing shaking in many areas in Hanoi
On the morning of March 25, many people in some areas of Hanoi said they clearly felt the shaking caused by the aftershock of the magnitude 4 earthquake that recently oc…
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A series of photos of natural disasters devastating the world in 2023
Devastating natural disasters and extreme weather have killed and displaced tens of thousands of people around the world.