Asia and the Pacific is the world’s most disaster-exposed region, yet pre-arranged financing, including insurance, remains ...

People living near coastal areas in the south were "strongly advised to immediately evacuate" to higher ground, or move ...

China's presence in the Pacific is often viewed in the context of geopolitical tension and rivalry. But Chinese people have been in the region for generations — these are their stories.

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says tsunami threat from Philippine earthquake has passed after small waves were detected.

The “king of storms,” some have called Typhoon Ragasa. After wreaking havoc in the Philippines, the storm – which at one point had winds the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane (150 mph) – moved onto ...

The system measured ripples in Earth's atmosphere to monitor the event. A massive earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific — and ...

For the second time in two months, residents and emergency officials around the Pacific rim of the United States were put on alert about a potential tsunami after a Russian earthquake. The magnitude 7 ...

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast of Russia triggered a brief tsunami advisory that was later canceled for some coastal areas of Alaska's Aleutian Islands Thursday. The ...

ADAK, Alaska – A 7.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered a Tsunami Advisory for the Aleutian Islands in Alaska on Thursday, but the alert has since been canceled. The quake struck just before ...

News from NASA A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had deployed a critical component just the day before. A recent tsunami ...

The quake briefly triggered tsunami alerts at nearby coastlines, less than two months after a larger earthquake sent tsunami waves across the Pacific. By John Yoon A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck ...