Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to accurately monitor for potential tsunamis in Alaska and quickly warn at-risk ...

Direct feeds from seismology stations across Alaska are expected to stop in mid-November, state officials say.

Demographers and urban planners are calling it the 'silver tsunami' — an ever-building wave of older residents. And Florida ...

NOAA’s $300,000 funding cut will close nine tsunami warning stations in Alaska, raising concerns about slower alerts and ...

In 2007, a massive landslide crashed into B.C.'s Lake Chehalis, triggering a tsunami that surged 38 metres up the shore — one of the most dramatic inland waves ever recorded. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe ...

A 1,000-foot mega-tsunami could strike the U.S. West Coast — and experts say it’s not a matter of if, but when. A new study reveals the terrifying potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a massive ...

As millions of Americans hit retirement age, most states are scrambling to keep up. The number of older Americans is growing faster than the country is prepared for, creating urgent challenges for ...

HANOI – Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, ...

Campaigners have walked en masse to protest against a “tsunami of speculative developments” in part of Leicestershire. The Stop the New Town (STNT) group was set up in the wake of proposals on ...

THE Queensland government is considering tougher laws on the desexing and microchipping of pets to reduce the rising numbers of stray animals. In the past four years, Queensland's RSPCA and Animal ...