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Because of Barry Arm’s potential for a catastrophic collapse, the site has received special focus from agencies trying to ...
On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake centered near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami that pounded the Hawaiian Islands with waves up to 55 feet tall, killing 159. And it was front ...
The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California Geological Survey, illustrate the devastation possible from extreme-but-realistic scenarios.
“There are places on the U.S. West Coast, and here in Alaska, where an entire safe evacuation for a near-shore event ... would [have] a much lower success rate,” said Dave Snider, the tsunami warning ...
If the landslide at the Barry Arm fjord collapses, its falling ice and rock could generate a devastating 650-foot-high tsunami ...
There is a reason why California chooses the last week in March to focus on tsunamis. It marks our worst historic tsunami disaster.
Maui County’s Maui Emergency Management Agency is reminding folks that April is Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawai‘i and asking ...
Several surges reaching 21 feet high swept into the city near the Oregon-California border four hours after a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in Alaska. The tsunami killed 11 people and destroyed or ...
After the huge destruction and aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake, we take a look at some of the most powerful tremors ever recorded across the world - triggering huge devastation ...