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A tsunami sent waves into parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off ...

As Texas lawmakers consider how to improve future disaster response, emergency management officials from Kerr, Travis and ...

The NWS warns the heavy rainfall could lead to excessive runoff that could flood rivers, creeks and streams, leading to ...

An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 - one of the world's strongest-struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on ...

With rising global temperatures accelerating glacier melt, the threat of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) is growing ...

Heavy and thundery showers are battering southern parts of England amid a yellow thunderstorm warning. The alert is in place ...

Alerts were issued across the Pacific following the 8.8 magnitude quake in Russia's Far East, but no deaths were reported.