There are two big challenges when it comes to tsunamis: first making sure people in the tsunami zone are notified and know ...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — In January 2010, a catastrophic earthquake upended Haiti. In Port-au-Prince, the capital, thousands of bodies piled up in a morgue. In Canada, people scrambled to help. Ten days ...

In selecting nine schools for seismic retrofits, Portland Public Schools picked buildings at high risk of collapsing on kids during an earthquake, but passed over some buildings too expensive to ...

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Personnel of Army divisions in southern provinces capped off their earthquake drills on Thursday, March 12, with life-saving exercises as a capability-building preparation ...

Connecticut is on the verge of changing how schools handle lockdown drills, especially those meant to simulate mass shootings. Earl Bloodworth is the director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence. He ...

MATTHEWS, N.C. — Butler High School hosted 12 area high schools Saturday for its annual Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps drill competition. The event showcased the top-ranked JROTC program in ...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Officials have confirmed yet another earthquake in the Lake Murray area, though not as strong as the one that rumbled the region just days earlier. The U.S. Geological Survey ...

West Bloomfield Township — Temple Israel, the nation's largest reform synagogue, rallied together on Friday after a gunman rammed his truck into the temple's building, with some saying they refuse to ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday criticized the United States and South Korea for proceeding with their annual joint military exercises at a ...

North Carolina schools and businesses took part in a statewide tornado drill Wednesday morning as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week.

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