Japan: The Coastal Reality That Even Locals Underestimate Japan faces the world's highest tsunami hazard and risk due to its ...

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, ...

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 9.0 ...

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 ...

The French Riviera may look like an unlikely place for a tsunami disaster, but scientists warn the threat is far more real ...

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 ...

The official launch of Samoa’s Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme was honoured by the presence of the Honourable Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa, Hon. Laʻaulialemalietoa Leuatea ...

A museum destroyed in the 2011 tsunami disaster is finally back in business after exhibits inundated with seawater and mud were restored with help from experts in and outside the prefecture.

The "super pig" population exploded after domesticated hogs interbred with feral wild boars in areas close to the nuclear ...