With earthquakes, tsunamis and flooding as potential threats, the city has a complex web of disasters to prepare for.

What are some advantages and disadvantages of this approach? Are there earthquake response plans that do not involve evacuation? Why or why not? Potential answers: Each team must "walk out" all ...

The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station straddling the town of Onagawa and the city of Ishinomaki, both in ...

A nuclear accident, alongside an earthquake and tsunami, would have created a major catastrophe. The reason is that many factors taken for granted in developing evacuation plans became infeasible.

Italian authorities have devised an emergency plan, including mass evacuation of people living in the Phlegraean Fields area near Naples, due to a recent series of recurring earthquakes in the region.