Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just last week, one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history struck Kamchatka, Russia on July 29, triggering tsunami ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pacific Northwest has always carried an air of quiet menace — a region where breathtaking beauty overlaps with a geological ...

TOKYO (AP) — Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released computer- and AI-generated videos showing a simulation of a potential ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver-based program that responds to international volcanic eruptions could face elimination due to cuts being made by the Trump administration. The future of the Volcano ...

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activity, are a product of our planet’s geophysical forces and can have devastating effects on communities and ecosystems. Detecting such ...

When it comes to natural disasters, volcano eruptions can result in catastrophic loss of life, from human lives to flora and fauna. Miles of land surrounding the 1980 explosion of Mount St. Helens, ...

A cloud of carbon dioxide burst from Cameroon’s Lake Nyos, leaving tragedy in its wake.

John Pallister, retired chief of the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, looks over an example of a field installation used for monitoring a volcano at the USGS office in Vancouver in 2016. (Amanda ...

Waikato Police Superintendent Bruce Bird said the death toll may rise. “The pilot that went out there has provided a good ...

A second volcanic eruption in the area. Just last week, one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history struck Kamchatka, Russia on July 29, triggering tsunami warnings as far as the West ...