disasters – Page 28 – People's World

Scab worker causes NYC’s Malbone subway disaster 100 years ago today

November 1, 2018 By Special to People’s World

One hundred years ago, on November 1, 1918, the worst subway accident in the history of New York City took place: the Malbone Street Wreck.

Florida hurricane victims still waiting: “Where’s the help?”

October 26, 2018 By Tamara Lush

Rural residents say the local government "seems to care more about the tourism industry than the hard-working people."

Supercharged hurricane hits Florida with 155 mph winds

October 10, 2018 By Associated Press

“I really fear for what things are going to look like there tomorrow at this time."

UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning

October 9, 2018 By Seth Borenstein

Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems.

Puerto Rico planting 750,000 trees to defend land from natural disasters

October 3, 2018 By Jordan Simmons

"We lost over 31 million trees during both hurricanes. One of the things that we realized early on is that the ecological recovery was a kind of an inspiration for human recovery."