When Floyd Collins ventured into Sand Cave in Kentucky on Jan. 30, 1925, he was searching for the next big attraction. But he ...

A lmost exactly a century ago, the “Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known" entered a labyrinth of underground caverns in ...

Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to ...

Not the news you're looking for folks — no snow in the forecast. Local ski areas still have significant snow bases but powder ...

If accurate, this would exceed the inflation-adjusted $201.3 billion cost of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. In 2024 alone, there were 27 weather and climate ...

Bluebird, groomer skiing is on tap for the weekend. Weather in the mountains is expected to remain about as it has all week — no snow in the forecast and temperatures peaking in the mid-30s during the ...

“It’s not the same as ‘I’m going to go in with a shovel and clear out the mud from the flood,’” said Patricia McIlreavy, president and CEO of nonprofit Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

These are securities that protect issuers, mostly insurers and governments, from severe losses in the event of a natural disaster by paying out when certain conditions are met. In fact ...

How did Mike Borkowski‘s expedition to NASCAR defy convention? Unlike many of his contemporaries who ascended through the ranks of stock car racing, Borkowski’s background was firmly rooted in road ...

On January 30, 1925, cave explorer Floyd Collins became trapped in Sand Cave near historic Mammoth Cave. According to a release by Hart County Tourism and Hidden River Cave, Collins’ rescue effort ...

From deadly wildfires in California to devastating floods in North Carolina, disasters have wreaked havoc across the ... and marshes can help absorb flood waters, while mangroves, sand dunes, and ...