Wassana Suthi spent last week trying to keep a nursing home running as the floodwaters rose around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting the home off from outside help, bar one helicopter dropping supplies on the roof.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Hawaii, the U.S. West Coast and Japan. Several people were injured, none gravely, and no major damage has been reported so far. The 8.8 ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according to a new report released ...

Tsunami waves reached the coast of northern California early on Wednesday, as authorities downgraded warning levels in Hawaii and parts of Japan, hours after powerful waves—triggered by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka ...

Tsunami alerts lit up Siri Zama's phone on Tuesday. The 28-year-old high school teacher in Kapolei, Hawaii, fled inland. "It was raining, and the clouds got real dark. It was just a little scary. I was a little worried because everyone from here was ...

A tsunami warning was issued for California’s North Coast, after a massive earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia. A tsunami warning was issued for Del Norte County and Humboldt County north of Cape Mendocino. A tsunami warning is the top level of ...

Officials from Japan to California issued warnings after an 8.8-magnitude quake off Russia’s coast. Hours later, there were no immediate reports of major damage, although some areas remained on alert. Livia Albeck-Ripka Francesca Regalado Martin Fackler ...

Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast after a historically powerful earthquake struck off Russia's coastline, but evacuation orders and an advisory in Hawaii were later lifted and beaches in Los Angeles County reopened on Wednesday as the threat ...

Tsunami warnings and advisories remain in effect for a swath of California’s coast Wednesday after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula threatened to bring dangerous waves to the West Coast. Tsunami activity continued to build in ...

A tsunami advisory for the West Coast including Northern Calfornia has been upgraded to a tsunami warning, following an 8.7-magnitude earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka region on Tuesday, July 29, according to the National Weather Service.