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

BERKELEY — Earthquakes, flooding, wildfires and extreme heat are among the list of about a dozen hazards Berkeley is preparing for in its updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.

A: There has been previous research on resilience, but what we are proposing is a bottom-up approach, in which we start with a building and then a natural hazard, in this case an earthquake, ...

Mitigation entails identifying hazards and minimizing vulnerability to those hazards. In this case, the Japanese government knows the island nation is at high risk for earthquakes.

St. John homes are also at risk to earthquakes, ... V.I. ESPCOR Director Kim Waddell noted that this plan is different from previous hazard mitigation plans because it incorporates resilience, ...

The Hazard Mitigation and Grant Program has been used to elevate or demolish flood-prone homes, install tornado-safe rooms and strengthen buildings in hurricane or earthquake zones. The program, ...

In fact, precarious rocks have become so handy for the nuclear industry that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) now recommends they are studied for earthquake hazard mitigation near ...