Global tensions are arguably higher than they have been in decades, with the risk of nuclear war a concern due to ongoing conflicts and tensions such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israeli offensiv ...

Nature suffers too. After the blast, a huge firestorm can start, fed by strong winds. It can burn for hours, using up all the oxygen and suffocating people who survived the blast. In Hiroshima, this ...

Thermobaric explosions are created by fuel-air explosive devices. This effect was discovered in 1785 when an Italian bakery suffered the first known dust explosion. Modern fuel-air weapons duplicate ...

A fireball, or an exceptionally bright meteor, appears to have exploded in the skies over the southeastern U.S. on Thursday. The American Meteor Society has received nearly 150 reports of a ...

A powerful explosion shook a subdivision in Rosedale, Baltimore County, on Tuesday morning. The neighborhood backs up to the northbound lanes of I-95. Video shows massive flames ...

The cause of the fire and explosion was unknown Tuesday night, the sheriff's office said. The one large warehouse fire caused multiple spot fires, covering an area of around 80 acres in total ...