Earthquakes can be damaging enough, but sometimes what follows can be worse. Dan Smith takes us through one of Earth's most ...

The Shoalwater Bay Tribe is getting $2.5 million to build a tsunami vertical evacuation tower on its land south of Westport. The FEMA grant will allow the tribe to build a tower that can hold 386 ...

New research reveals that the highest tsunamis in history were caused by sudden landslides, not earthquakes, leaving ...

Tsunami alerts lit up Siri Zama's phone on Tuesday. The 28-year-old high school teacher in Kapolei, Hawaii, fled inland. "It was raining, and the clouds got real dark. It was just a little scary. I ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — Residents of this small coastal city in the Pacific Northwest know what to do when there’s a tsunami warning: Flee to higher ground. For those in or near Columbia Memorial, the city’s ...

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren A sign designates a tsunami evacuation route in Westport. The 8.8 magnitude quake in Russia this week gave the West Coast a chance to practice how to respond to tsunamis. Daniel ...

The tsunami shelter is budgeted at about $20 million, for which FEMA’s BRIC program awarded nearly $14 million, with a $6 million matching grant from the state, which has maintained its support. The ...