Environmental Hazards

Wildfires Wildfire Risk Chemical Spills Chemical Safety Gas Leaks Air Quality Air Pollution Flooding Industrial Accidents Chemical Hazards

Monessen Sets Nov. 16 Return Despite Ongoing Mold Concerns

Officials say testing plus a nine-week remediation show the building is safe to reopen.

Deer Park Residents Told to Shelter in Place After Level 3 Incident at Lubrizol Facility

Swampscott Elementary Field Closed After Dozens of Glass Shards Found

Borneo Wildfires Fill Cities with Toxic Haze as Health Services Struggle

Three-Alarm Fire Extinguished at Newburyport Chemical Plant

Toledo Lifts Evacuations After Glycidyl Methacrylate Tank Rupture

Overturned 18‑Wheeler Closes Inbound Lanes on I‑10 at I‑69 in Houston

75-Year-Old Woman Found Dead After Vehicle Enters Contaminated Water at Gary Harbor

NWS Issues Freeze Warning for York and Frost Advisory for Lancaster and Lebanon Counties

Global Co‑Exposure to Heatwaves and Fire Smoke Rose Sharply 2000–2019

Orange County DA Files $125 Million Settlement With GKN Over Garden Grove Hazmat Evacuation

Meteor 2-7 Breaks Apart, Scattering Tens of Debris in High Low-Earth Orbit

Gas Leak from Damaged Pipeline Forces Evacuation and Halts Trains at Hamburg‑Harburg

Delayed Flood Pulse from Upstream Rains Inundates Low‑lying Areas of Lucknow

Man Identified as Presumed Suspect After Costa Verde Fire That Damaged Geomallas

Water Inrush Triggers Air Blast at Siduli Colliery; Two Miners Rescued

Lithium‑Ion Battery Fire at La Verne Water District Storage Unit

Hazmat Fire at Microchip in Colorado Springs Declared Out but Chemical-Gas Risk Remains

Large Fire Rages at Industrial Building in Greenfield

Sulphur Fire Sends Toxic Smoke Over Port Adelaide