Most of the British Virgin Islands are protected by a broad, shallow continental shelf, with waves losing energy as they roll ...

Sometime between 1381 and 1391, an earthquake exceeding magnitude 8.0 rocked the northeastern Caribbean and sent a tsunami ...

Rhizophora mangroves shield India’s shores, but face growing threats. Here’s how these coastal guardians sustain life and why ...

Chunks of river ice tore down trees after a landslide caused a tsunami in the Yukon in December. A landslide into a river in ...

Standing on the same ground that was once devastated by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, Kushil Gunasekera speaks with a quiet ...

People living near coastal areas in the south were "strongly advised to immediately evacuate" to higher ground, or move ...

A strong earthquake off the southern Philippines killed at least two people, damaged a hospital and schools and prompted ...

The “king of storms,” some have called Typhoon Ragasa. After wreaking havoc in the Philippines, the storm – which at one point had winds the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane (150 mph) – moved onto ...

A 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake near Russia caused a tsunami scare. Here's why we fear the destructive waves ...

A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka region at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

For the second time in two months, residents and emergency officials around the Pacific rim of the United States were put on alert about a potential tsunami after a Russian earthquake. The magnitude 7 ...