Tsunamis are a destructive and deadly hazard for coastal communities across Canada and around the world. A tsunami is a series of large, persistent waves caused by the sudden displacement of a body of ...

The Alaska Earthquake Center has launched an interactive map to help coastal communities prepare for dangerous tsunamis.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fear, anxiety and confusion swept across the West Coast early Thursday when a rare tsunami warning was issued for parts of ...

Waves moving across the ocean at incredible speeds. Walls of water reaching 30 meters (100 feet) high. Enough force to tear apart forests, destroy buildings, and carry away anything in their path. Yet ...

Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might assume that volcanic debris posed the major threat, yet many of the victims died from a ...

Southern Californians returned to beaches and harbors Wednesday after concern about a possibly dangerous tsunami triggered by a huge earthquake near Russia faded away, and officials deemed the ...

Tonga on Tuesday eased its “dangerous” tsunami warning, which was put in place after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rattled ...

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a renewed tsunami warning for parts of Australia after an undersea volcano near Tonga ...