Oct 20 Watch Earthquake Prediction: Could We Ever Forecast the Next Big One? Hundreds of cities on the U.S. West Coast took part in the 2011 Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, just hours before a small tremor hit the San Francisco Bay Area. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports from Japan on… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch Mother Nature, Manmade Changes Fuel Flooding Across Asia Mother Nature, Changing Infrastructure Fuel Worst Floods in Half-Century… Continue watching
Oct 14 Raw Video: In Thailand, Rising Waters and Risky Rescues By Larisa Epatko Heavy monsoon rains have swamped a third of Thailand since summer, causing at least $3 billion in damages, according to the Thai government. In this raw video footage from APTN, residents sandbag their homes and escape flooded areas by clinging… Continue reading
Sep 28 Galveston: The Mother of All U.S. Natural Disasters A split view of Galveston's Broadway Street - in September 1900 and today. Photo courtesy of Galveston Historical Foundation. September is an unlucky time of year for Galveston, Texas. It was in September that this barrier island on the… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Joplin Mural Tells Story of Storm Devastation A look at a new mural in Joplin, MO. Continue watching
Sep 28 New Joplin Mural Tells Story of the Storm Just a few blocks from the rubble of last year's tornado, a bright new mural has been painted, depicting life in Joplin both before and after the storm. Continue reading
Sep 28 Slide Show: Pakistanis Hit Twice By Monsoon Flooding By Larisa Epatko Pakistanis are trying to cope after being besieged by flooding for a second year in a row. Continue reading
Sep 28 Pakistan's 2011 Floods By Larisa Epatko Pakistanis seek high ground after flooding in August 2011 drove at least 200,000 from their homes. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch In Washington, a Monumental Effort to Repair, Reopen Iconic Obelisk Engineers rigged ropes Tuesday atop the Washington Monument in preparation for a multi-day job rappelling down the marble exterior of the indefinitely shuttered icon to check for cracks and other damage from the earthquake that shook the East Coast last… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch In Joplin, Art Helps Healing Amid 'Amazing Sense of Loss' From Tornado After a tornado destroyed a third of the city in May, some residents of Joplin, Mo., are finding that earlier pledges to rebuild aren't going as planned. Jeffrey Brown reports from Joplin on how art is helping some heal and… Continue watching