Last Thursday evening, Westport Mayor Ed Welter and the engineering and design team behind the city’s proposed tsunami tower ...

When a tsunami is headed your way, the only escape might be to go up. Washington’s coast is woefully unprepared for that option. High ground is scarce and every second counts, according to a new state ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — Residents of this small coastal city in the Pacific Northwest know what to do when there’s a tsunami warning: Flee to higher ground. For those in or near Columbia Memorial, the city’s ...

When the Sendai quake and tsunami hit last March, many Japanese residents took refuge in “vertical evacuation structures,” reinforced concrete buildings that were strong enough — and tall enough — to ...