Because of that, an evacuation model has been developed - the first time one has covered an entire city in New Zealand. The ...

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Malibu area on Sunday night, affecting thousands of residents. The earthquake hit at 8.17 p.m. PT, around eight miles from Westlake Village and nine miles from ...

Numbers for family, friends, doctors, insurances, veterinarians, etc. Put a copy in your emergency kit, and one near your ...

Residents of Naples and its surrounding areas abandoned their homes and camped out in parks and cars after a 4.4 magnitude ...

In the event of Marin experiencing any emergency, whether it be wildland fire, an earthquake, flooding or a tsunami on the ...

Experts share what went right with the response to the recent California wildfires, and what could be improved before next time.

For the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), four major kinds of disasters are considered within the scope of their ...

"We're not expecting a magnitude 7, 8 or 9 earthquake but a 6.5 can cause ... including alert systems, evacuation plans, and public awareness efforts. Efforts are currently underway to mitigate ...

Static evacuation planning refers to a fixed plan to evacuate people during an emergency where the procedures, designated exit routes and assembly points remain the same regardless of the conditions.

Subsequently, a jail inmate sustained a broken hand during the evacuation, and a police post in Kodari reported minor cracks. Nepal’s vulnerability to earthquakes stems from its location on a highly ...

Seth Sherwood, who lives in Paris and writes frequently for the Travel section, has been visiting Kathmandu since 1999. Ten years after a powerful earthquake devastated the Himalayan nation of ...