When a huge earthquake struck near Kamchatka, the SWOT satellite captured an unprecedented, high-resolution view of the resulting tsunami as it crossed the Pacific. The data revealed the waves were ...

A satellite captured a Tsunami from space for the first time, revealing why the 2025 Kamchatka earthquake was less destructive than 1952.

Beyond the rare observation itself, the data raised deeper scientific questions. Large tsunamis are traditionally classified ...

The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new ...

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 ...

Oregon state Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, has been introducing legislation to modernize the state’s emergency preparedness and response processes for years. He called the state’s tsunami warnings last ...

Tsunami. Supercyclone. Monster quake. Coastal India was the worst hit in a series of natural disasters that exacted a devastating toll from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. The only positive: govern ...

Mike Rea, founder of Give2Asia, calls the 2004 Asian tsunamis the “first global disaster of our time.” Now an employee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Rea wanted to use the disaster’s 10th ...