A design created to handle an extra large tsunami and ground liquefaction is likely tougher than that required by river flooding. However, the design could model a good approach for handling unexpected rushing water deluges and the resulting debris that gets washed along with these deluges.

The floods show that a shift in mindset is needed for disaster preparedness and our warming world, writes Bill Weir, CNN’s Chief Climate Correspondent.

GALVESTON — The chance of a tsunami crashing into Galveston Island and surging up the Houston Ship Channel is low based on available information, but it could still happen, a scientist at a ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a warning for Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula after two quakes struck in the sea nearby on Sunday. The larger quake with a magnitude of 7.4 was at a depth of 12 miles and was 89 miles east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 180,000.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Some residents in South Texas were surprised Tuesday afternoon when their weather apps said there was a tsunami warning issued for Portland. To be clear: there is NO ...

Study highlights a looming West Coast risk. The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the coast.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Some residents in South Texas were surprised Tuesday afternoon when their weather apps said there was a tsunami warning issued for Portland. To be clear: there is NO ...

The alert, sent at 11:29 a.m. on August 15, states that NOAA has issued a tsunami warning for Portland, Texas. The National Weather Service is reviewing the incident, the post said.