Celebrations from California to New York ended in tragedy, disrupted by gun violence or fireworks explosions gone wrong.

Parts of Bourbon and Conti streets were evacuated Saturday night after an underground electrical transformer exploded, ...

Looking back at the 1946 Parr tank explosion in St Helens, when a schoolboy’s match sparked a blast that injured five lads and shattered ...

Chinook salmon recently were released into the Upper Mount St. Helens watershed for the first time in nearly 50 years.

Volcanoes have shaped some of the world's most productive landscapes, leaving behind fertile soils, natural harbours and ...