Tsunami warning in Japan and the Philippines after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan, prompting officials to issue evacuation orders in vulnerable areas. Maite joined the AS USA in 2021, bringing her experience as a research analyst investigating ...

The French Riviera may look like an unlikely place for a tsunami disaster, but scientists warn the threat is far more real than most people realize. Historical events and new modeling show that destructive waves have already struck the Mediterranean coast — and could hit again with very little warning.

The NASA-USGS Landsat satellite images show the dramatic changes to the landscape. In one photo taken on July 26, 2025, the fjord is surrounded by green vegetation. In the second image, taken nine days after the landslide on August 19, the fjord is dominated by a gray scar made by the cascading rock.

As tsunami warnings swept across the Pacific following a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, a US-based entrepreneur’s social media post has captured global attention and sparked mixed reactions online. Edward Dowd ...

The world’s second-tallest tsunami wave on record tore through the remote Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska last August, leaving immense destruction in its wake. Scientists have made it possible for you to ex

If you’re one of the roughly 1.6 million people who took a cruise in Alaska last year, chances are you sailed through the Tracy Arm fjord. The picturesque, narrow fjord is a popular sightseeing area and is part of the Tongass National Forest, about 40 to 50 miles south of the capital city of Juneau.

Landslides are common in the coastal mountains of Alaska where rapid uplift, caused by tectonic forces and long-term ice loss, converges with the erosive forces of precipitation and moving glaciers. But a curious pattern has emerged in recent years: Multiple major landslides have occurred precisely at the terminus of a retreating glacier.

A tsunami in Alaska's Tracy Arm Fjord in 2025, triggered by a landslide, became the second largest ever recorded. The initial wave was 100 meters high and stripped vegetation up to 1,578 feet high.

Tracy Arm, a narrow inlet with steep walls, sits at the edge of two glaciers. Both are fed by the nearby Stikine ice field, which has been rapidly thinning for decades, causing the glaciers to shrink and retreat. Higher global temperatures, driven by greenhouse gases, are a major factor in the melting.

Did you know Japan's crime syndicates were among the first responders after the 2011 tsunami? On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck eastern Japan, triggering a catastrophic tsunami that claimed nearly 20,