Tag: Disaster

Though it has been 25 years since the Chernobyl disaster, has much changed in terms of safety when it comes to nuclear plants?
The facilities at Fukushima were said to be an improvement from Chernobyl, so as the US turns toward building new plants in Texas, how weary should Americans be?

Firefighters: We lost complete control of the fire; mass evacuation from northern towns begins; bus evacuating some 50 prison guards gets caught in the flames, killing 40.

40 people died on Thursday as a huge brushfire was raging across the Carmel Mountains near Haifa, killing and injuring dozens, among them prison guards and firemen.

Firefighting crews were still battling with the flames into the evening hours and expressed no hope of controlling the fire soon. more...