A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and ...

Unlike gradual climate-driven events, this potential earthquake would “happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation ...

The loss of intertidal wetlands directly impacts ecosystem services such as water filtration, habitat for fisheries and ...

The next big earthquake: When is the Bay Area due? Watch: During earthquake, elephants form 'alert circle' at San Diego ...

Unlike regular tsunamis caused by earthquakes, mega-tsunamis are often triggered by huge landslides or collapsing volcanoes. Three regions in the US — Alaska, Hawaii, and the West Coast — face ...

What he doesn’t see is a eucalyptus grove — as indicated by an outdated map Cal Fire recently used to determine that his property was in a “very high” fire hazard severity zone.

The proposed maps are set to take effect in July. The maps classify areas into moderate, high and very high hazard severity zones. Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard ...

WRAL News reached out to geophysicist Thomas Pratt, who coordinates the eastern region's earthquake hazards program. Pratt said, fortunately, earthquakes in North Carolina are not usually dangerous.

That lecture included a summary of the earthquakes that had occurred during the term. The largest and deadliest that semester was a M7.8 in Nepal and a wrap on earthquake hazards. I organized ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - A small earthquake rocked eastern Tennessee at about 9 a.m. Saturday and was felt as far as metro Atlanta. The United States Geological Survey originally reported ...

Earlier this year Cal Fire — the state’s firefighting agency — released an updated set of fire hazard maps, the first in almost 15 years. These new maps focus on cities, counties and other ...

The Turkish government's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) has prepared an earthquake hazard map in the country, TRT Haber reported, BTA reported. According to the map, there are a ...