In a worst-case tsunami, parts of Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley could be flooded up to an 18-foot elevation, California ...

The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California Geological Survey, illustrate the devastation ...

The city is famed for its wonderfully designed mosques, colourful architecture, magnificent fish markets, exquisite local ...

A full 60 minutes after a long-strong earthquake in Napier triggers the risk of a tsunami, people could still be crossing a ...

Because of that, an evacuation model has been developed - the first time one has covered an entire city in New Zealand. The ...

Cannes has become the first city in the Mediterranean to be officially recognised as "Tsunami Ready" by the UNESCO, for its proactive measures in preparing for potential tsunami risks, including ...

To see the changes from 2011, use the slider in the below images to see how the landscape has changed. In March 2011, an elderly woman shuffles along a road at the edge of Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate ...

Although only an infant at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Tomoya Onodera is among the young people ...

The Rikuzentakata City Museum reopened Nov ... of the roughly 7,300 exhibits were restored from damage from the tsunami generated by the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ...

Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale not seen for over 30 years. The city of Ofunato, already devastated by the ...