Bill would boost NOAA’s tsunami preparedness budget by 35%, require planning for a Pacific Northwest megaquake Read Story ...

You’ve heard about Washington’s earthquake risk, but you might not realize Washington is also at risk for a major tsunami. It could come with little warning, but you can protect yourself by being prep ...

Washington officials believe 8,000 people would die as a result of an earthquake-driven tsunami after a magnitude 9 quake hits off the coast. The reason is many low-lying communities are without easy ...

If your home was destroyed by a sudden disaster that you couldn't control, you would hope that at the very least, your insurance would cover your losses. However, disaster risk financing systems are ...

As an integral part of the “build back better” approach, authorities must include strategies for the environmentally and ...

One of the reopened waterfronts is Haragamaobama beach in Fukushima prefecture, about 40 kilometres north of the crippled Daiichi nuclear plant. Local officials in Fukushima said they hoped the ...

Addie Guttag knew very little about American Jewish World Service when she donated $10,000 to the organization in the wake of the Asian tsunamis. But three years later, Ms. Guttag, who works as a ...

False reports claiming that another huge quake was about to hit Sulawesi island -- which is already reeling from last Friday's double tragedy that has killed over 1,400 people -- have circulated ...