At the time this post was last updated,the estimated death toll from the South Asian tsunami exceeded 120,000. First things, first. If you want to give money for food, medical care and other basic ...

In June 2001, I spent two weeks in southern Peru as part of an International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST). A magnitude 8.4 earthquake occurred two weeks before we arrived, and our purpose was to learn ...

Following the Tuesday, July 29 tsunami advisory for coastal Clatsop County and much of the West Coast, government officials are saying that communication was key but can be approved upon. Actions ...

PORTLAND -- The tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was the biggest in the Indian Ocean in about 600 years, and it has lessons for the Pacific Northwest, geologists said Wednesday. Geologists ...

Horrified by the devastation wrought by the tsunamis in South Asia, donors in the United States poured more than $300-million into the coffers of relief charities. With television news showing the ...

SRI LANKA, — This December marks the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

This combination of photos shows areas affected by the earthquake-triggered tsunami which hit Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province, Indonesia, on Dec 25, 2004. The top photo shows a devastated ...

While government and relief agencies around the world continue to funnel humanitarian aid to the victims of the Asian tsunami, multinational businesses are scrambling to assess their exposure to ...

The tsunami that rippled across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday may have been a good test run for the Pacific Northwest’s emergency alert systems, but it’s not yet clear how useful the experience will ...

I woke up one morning this week to a news broadcast that a quake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale killed many people in Indonesia. According to officials, at least 52 people were killed in Tuesday's ...