This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...

Columbia Memorial Hospital near Oregon's coastline is forging ahead with emergency plans in case of a major earthquake or ...

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 ...

Japanese authorities say a megaquake could cause a devastating tsunami to strike eastern coastal areas of Japan ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Kyodo) -- A powerful quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, with the weather agency issuing a tsunami warning for coastal areas of Hokkaido as well as ...

A group of specialist Sumatran elephants have joined recovery operations in Aceh following the catastrophic landfall of ...

Japanese authorities lifted tsunami warnings after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern regions, injuring 30 and forcing evacuations. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes ...

Photo courtesy of AFP When calamity strikes, the immediate imperative is saving lives, restoring essential services and ...

The President’s statement that the current Disaster Management Act is flawed may have been a feint to divert attention away ...