Disasters

Natural catastrophes and man-made calamities have caused loss of life and destruction throughout human history. Header image: Shutterstock.com

Grigori Rasputin

8 craziest bits of history

Sinking of the Titanic Illustration

6 premonitions of disasters that came true

An aggressive hippo charging

History's most unfortunate and bizarre deaths

Dilapidated building near Chernobyl with a nuclear warning sign

5 worst nuclear disasters from around the world

Abandoned site of the Bhopal Disaster

The Bhopal Disaster: Thousands killed during the world's worst industrial tragedy

Above: Police near the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 in the town of Lockerbie, Scotland

The Lockerbie Bombing: 35 years on

British 18-pounder field gun battery near Boesinghe

3 chaotic historical events that took place in July

The bow of the wrecked Titanic

The most outrageous schemes to raise the Titanic

Little Italy in the 19th century and extreme drought in the Entrepenas reservoir

4 deadly heatwaves from history

Rendering of a volcanic eruption

The most devastating and deadly natural disasters from ancient history

The Great Pyramids

Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts: Episode Guide

A painting of the Great Fire of London

9 little known facts about the Great Fire of London