The earthquake that hit a Russian island was among the most powerful ever recorded, and forecasters immediately feared it could spur cataclysmic walls of water thousands of miles away in Hawaii, ...

The Honolulu Department of Emergency Management on Tuesday launched a new online mapping tool that allows Oahu residents to identify potential hazards affecting their homes and neighborhoods and ...

The natural disaster struck in the Philippines on Monday, June 8 ...

Oʻahu residents have a new online tool to help them prepare for a wildfire or dam failure. Honolulu authorities unveiled the ...

A deadly earthquake rocked the southern Philippines, killing dozens of people and sending small tsunami waves toward at least three nations.

State Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, will propose a $300 million package to get more disaster training facilities statewide and to create a new response office under the governor. Oregon state Rep. Paul ...

If your home was destroyed by a sudden disaster that you couldn't control, you would hope that at the very least, your insurance would cover your losses. However, disaster risk financing systems are ...

Fifteen years ago, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — a catastrophic event that unleashed a deadly tsunami, upended millions of ...