After a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami alerts rippled out across Hawaii, Alaska, ...

When Ichiro Kawachi established a cohort study in Iwanuma, Japan, in 2010, he thought he would be researching the predictors ...

The tsunami warning towers in the south have been out of order for several years and those on the verge of collapse ...

Emergency management officials provide scenario, encourage preparedness ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved disaster loans for Honolulu residents and businesses following last month's tsunami.

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 ...

Natural disasters affect many parts of the world, but few countries experience them as frequently and as intensely as ...

Hundreds of families in the adjoining Lebak and Kalamansig towns in Sultan Kudarat relocated and slept in highland areas the ...

GENEVA - The UN refugee agency today announced a six-month, $75 million appeal to provide shelter, non-food aid and logistical support for hundreds of thousands of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami ...

Addie Guttag knew very little about American Jewish World Service when she donated $10,000 to the organization in the wake of the Asian tsunamis. But three years later, Ms. Guttag, who works as a ...