Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

Your best bet, emergency managers say: Get off the beach. When the warning goes out, just run for high ground. Ultimately, scientists don't know the worst-case tsunami scenario for Florida. But they ...

Before the tsunami spawned by the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, 70,000 pine trees lined the Takatamatsubara seashore area in Rikuzentakata. The beach, designated a national ...

A tsunami warning was initially issued along the coasts of both northern California and southern Oregon - an area that includes about 4.7 million people - but was later rescinded. The earthquake's ...

"If you are on the beach or in a harbor and feel an earthquake, immediately move inland or go to high ground. If strong shaking lasts for 20 seconds or more, everyone within the tsunami evacuation ...

A popular French city has new plans put in place for a natural disaster amid fears of a “significant” tsunami. On Thursday, UNESCO officials visited Cannes to assess the increasing risk of a ...

A large swath of Venice and all of Marina del Rey are in a tsunami hazard area. So are wide sections of Long Beach, including Belmont Shore, Naples Island and the city Convention Center.

Now, city staff are working to line up a replacement. CANNON BEACH — The city is making progress in replacing its broken tsunami warning system, city staff told the City Council Tuesday.