Sticking with Ernest Hemingway’s advice to write one true sentence, the true sentence about the 2017 elections is that the Trump resistance won an epic landslide victory because Americans who oppose ...

Coastal communities, like Manzanita, Ore., are vulnerable to a tsunami if and when “The Big One” hits. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Engineers at the University of Washington are developing a ...

CANNON BEACH, Ore. (AP) - There was a time when the man behind Cannon Beach’s iconic “mooing” sirens was skeptical about the need for a tsunami warning system. The system that alerts residents of an ...

This is the time of year for holiday traditions and family gatherings. For me, it is also tied to memories an earthquake 13 years ago that profoundly changed perceptions of tsunami hazards. The Dec.

A strong earthquake struck off Tonga Friday night but was not strong enough to pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck at about 11 p.m. about 56 miles northeast of Hihifo ...

Carolyn Stock of Salem, Ore., looks at a display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Ore., of a boat that washed ashore near Cape Disappointment as a result of the 2011 tsunami in Japan.

Scientists noted that the slope on Barry Arm fjord on Prince William Sound in southeastern Alaska slid some 120 meters from 2010 to 2017, a slow-moving landslide caused by glacial melt that could ...

A $300,000 grant cut to the Alaska Earthquake Center could force nine stations offline and delay warnings for Alaska, ...

It's easy to send thoughts and prayers and move on if you're not among those whose lives were altered by the storms. But natural disasters continue to destroy lives long after the damage is done. In ...