The extreme costs and death toll of recent floodings across Texas, New Mexico, and the Northeast have put into question the ...

Disasters can happen at any time, and preparation can make all the difference. That’s the focus of the 7th Eastside ...

A series of three earthquakes jolted the area near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky within a 32-minute window on Sunday. The most powerful of the tremors, originally measured at magnitude 7.4 and later ...

"It's much harder to get hazard information when you are traveling or vacationing," Lori Dengler writes this week.

Japan launches worlds first underwater earthquake early warning system with 6,000 km of fiber optics Japan unveils pioneering fiber optic network for seismic safety and disaster preparedness ...

Bay Area emergency response agencies aim for unified alert system The meeting is in response to the tsunami warning sent out by the National Weather Service in the Bay Area in December.

Race the Wave combines a functional evacuation exercise, a community fun run, and an emergency preparedness fair during National Preparedness Month. This event reinforces Santa Cruz’s promise to ...

Interior Ministry assures public of tsunami readiness with 24-hour quake monitoring, alerts, drills and SOPs after undersea quakes spark panic.

Spotting a Tsunami Threat: What to Look For Notification of a large undersea earthquake from a reliable authority. An abnormal and sudden retreat of the sea from the coastline. The sight of a ...

Enhancing disaster awareness and preparedness is crucial for building resilient societies. This study comprehensively assessed the levels of disaster awareness and preparedness among children and ...

The Japanese government said Tuesday it has updated its disaster risk plan in the hope of reducing the estimated death toll from a po ...