Tsunami alerts blanketed the West Coast and Alaska after one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history.

The event highlighted the need for preparedness, as an earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone could generate a local tsunami with only minutes to prepare.

NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center issued a level 3 out of 4 flash flooding risk for major cities in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia.

The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nomination of Neil Jacobs to lead NOAA as that agency’s top satellite official remains on administrative leave.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the weather service’s parent agency, has predicted between 13 and 19 ...

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula sent a wave of water racing at the speed of a ...

On Dec. 21, 1812, a wave arrived at Ho’okena on the west coast of the Big Island and became the first recorded tsunami event, NOAA said. Since then, more than 160 tsunamis have been confirmed in the ...

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The event occurred off the southwest Boso Peninsula, which is just south of ...

Tsunami warnings that blanketed the west coast July 29 prompted memories of a 1958 wave that struck Alaska, the largest ever ...

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the area in which a magnitude 8.8. earthquake occurred on July 29, is within the so-called "ring of fire." ...

Tsunamis on Lake Erie? They can happen, but they're different from what you might get in the Pacific. Here's what to know.