The world’s second-tallest tsunami wave on record tore through the remote Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska last August, leaving ...

Ceremonies and memorials marked the 14th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, but the disaster has still not ...

The earthquake that hit a Russian island was among the most powerful ever recorded, and forecasters immediately feared it could spur cataclysmic walls of water thousands of miles away in Hawaii, ...

The regional response to flooding is akin to knowing that an asteroid or tsunami is coming, but dithering about how to pack ...

Japan’s 2011 tsunami picked up mud that made it more forceful, reshaping how scientists understand tsunami risk.

Japan Meteorological Agency has warned a tsunami a metre-high tsunami could hit Iwate and Hokkaido prefectures in ...

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 ...

Fifteen years ago, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — a catastrophic event that unleashed a deadly tsunami, upended millions of ...

TOKYO — Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast Wednesday as the government pushes for more use of atomic energy. The magnitude ...