It’s a daunting challenge with the highest possible stakes should an offshore earthquake unleash a wall of incoming seawater.

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

Measures include fortifying homes and fire safety installations, as well as building more embankments and emergency shelters.

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to set a target of reducing the expected death toll from a ...

Landslides, earthquakes, and subduction faults could generate 1,000-foot mega-tsunamis, wiping coastal communities off the ...

Sullivan County officials, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and community members met on Wednesday to discuss the county’s updated five-year ...

As built-up areas encroach on natural ones, we need new strategies for dealing with the impact of wildfires on buildings and ...

Indonesia's Mount Raung has been reported to erupt again on Wednesday, with an observed eruption column height of ...

The target will be included in a new basic plan for promoting disaster prevention measures, which is expected to be adopted ...

Japan's government has set goals for reducing the estimated death toll and structural damage from an anticipated massive earthquake occurring in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will incorporate the 3Ms — mapping, monitoring, and mitigation — into its ...