Author name: FACTEMPIRE

Trapped Beneath the Mountain: The 2010 Chilean Mine Collapse On August 5, 2010, deep inside the arid, sun-baked mountains of

The Town Where the Ground Wouldn’t Stop Burning For decades, the quiet borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, looked like any other

The Day the Earth Shattered: The 1960 Valdivia Earthquake On the afternoon of May 22, 1960, the southern coast of

The Train That Fell into the Sea: The Tangiwai Disaster On Christmas Eve in 1953, the overnight express train traveling

The Day the Earth Shattered: The 1960 Valdivia Earthquake On the afternoon of May 22, 1960, the southern coast of

The Train That Fell into the Sea: The Tangiwai Disaster On Christmas Eve in 1953, the overnight express train traveling

The Day the Sky Caught Fire By the autumn of 1871, Chicago was a city built largely of timber, sitting

The Halifax Explosion of 1917: The Day the Harbor Blew On the crisp, freezing morning of December 6, 1917, Halifax

The Lake That Killed a Village Without a Sound: Lake Nyos, Cameroon, 1986 On the tranquil, volcanic slopes of northwestern

The Fire That Created Its Own Weather: The Peshtigo Fire of 1871 On the autumn evening of October 8, 1871,