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

Emergency management officials provide scenario, encourage preparedness ...

With upgrades to the country's weather forecasting system, tsunami and earthquake warnings could be issued within six minutes ...

Sri Lanka has experienced more than 44,000 natural disasters, including minor ones, over the past decade from 2015 to 2025, forcing successive governments to spend over Rs. 30 billion on compensation ...

In a remote Alaskan bay, a massive landslide triggered a tsunami unlike anything ever recorded. The wave surged up the surrounding mountainsides, reaching a staggering height of more than 1,700 feet ...

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering ...

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

Living by the ocean is like dating someone with explosive tendencies. Beautiful most days, but capable of unleashing hell without warning. The 2010 Chile event serves as our sobering case study. It ...

Tsunamis are large, powerful waves caused by the displacement of water in an ocean or a large lake. They are sometimes referred to as tidal waves, although they have nothing to do with the tides. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural disasters have a way of reminding us just how unpredictable and powerful nature can be. Some events in history sound like ...

Throughout history, there have been many anecdotes indicating that animals can predict natural disasters. In 1975, for ...