Emergency management officials provide scenario, encourage preparedness ...

After a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami alerts rippled out across Hawaii, Alaska, ...

The tsunami warning towers in the south have been out of order for several years and those on the verge of collapse ...

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 ...

Natural disasters affect many parts of the world, but few countries experience them as frequently and as intensely as ...

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 ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — Residents of this small coastal city in the Pacific Northwest know what to do when there’s a tsunami warning: Flee to higher ground. For those in or near Columbia Memorial, the city’s ...

GENEVA, Jan. 11 (UNHCR) - As the U.N. urged donor governments to donate nearly $1 billion to tsunami disaster relief Tuesday, the U.N. refugee agency stepped up its delivery of aid supplies to ...

GENEVA - The UN refugee agency today announced a six-month, $75 million appeal to provide shelter, non-food aid and logistical support for hundreds of thousands of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami ...

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 ...

(AP) - For 70-year-old Toshiko Murakami, memories of the terrifying earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of her seaside town and swept away her sister brought fresh tears Sunday, exactly a year ...