If Steve Dunning’s Okie Dokies Smokehouse in Swannanoa appeared on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps, his ...

AI-powered systems like BEACON allow emergency managers to supplement the resiliency of the broadcast EAS and wireless ...

WHEN Hurricane Helene's floodwaters slammed into Lake Lure's century-old dam last September, gouging a massive scar into one ...

Even within SFHAs, where flood coverage is often mandated, 52% of expected annual losses remain uninsured. Low-income ...

A 2024 report by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) found that East Palo Alto, a ...

Tsunami alerts blanketed the West Coast and Alaska after one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history.

NASA and India’s ISRO have launched a cutting-edge Earth-observing satellite called NISAR, equipped with the most advanced radar systems ever flown. This historic collaboration will scan nearly the ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically active zone encircling the Pacific Ocean, is home to numerous earthquakes, volcanic ...

Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active ...

Our data shows a tsunami‑proof house must meet the elevated pile, break‑away wall, and shear‑core criteria set out in ...

An estimated magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast has resulted in tsunami warnings across much of the Pacific.

The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit that studies local issues (again!) and develops solutions for a healthy environment. It predicts increasing tidal flooding on the Bolivar Peninsula and ...