When a huge earthquake struck near Kamchatka, the SWOT satellite captured an unprecedented, high-resolution view of the resulting tsunami as it crossed the Pacific. The data revealed the waves were ...

The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event.

HONOLULU (AP) — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new ...

Sri Lanka has experienced more than 44,000 natural disasters, including minor ones, over the past decade from 2015 to 2025, forcing successive governments to spend over Rs. 30 billion on compensation ...

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific, placing millions of residents from Alaska to California on high alert ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tsunami. Supercyclone. Monster quake. Coastal India was the worst hit in a series of natural disasters that exacted a devastating toll from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. The only positive: govern ...

Oregon state Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, has been introducing legislation to modernize the state’s emergency preparedness and response processes for years. He called the state’s tsunami warnings last ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...