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Stress from last year's deadly Japan earthquake and tsunami caused a part of some survivors brain to shrink, scientists studying post-traumatic stress disorder have discovered.The study, published in the Molecular Psychiatry journal,...

Sendai city in Japan's Miyagi prefecture has drawn up a $750-million plan to relocate about 1,700 households in the tsunami-stricken communities to higher ground inland.

Work begins next month to install a tsunami warning system along Christchurch's coastal area.

Perched atop the sheer coastal cliffs of Ireland's Aran Islands, ridges of giant boulders have puzzled geologists for years. What forces could have torn these rocks from the cliff edges high above sea level and deposited them far inland? While some researchers contend that only a tsunami could push these stones, new research finds that plain old ocean waves, with the help of some strong storms ...

Employees of Chile's emergency response offices have been charged after misinforming the public that there was no threat of a tsunami that killed 156 people, writes guest blogger Steven Bodzin.

Debris from Japan's earthquake and tsunami is now littering the beach of Haida Gwaii, raising concerns about who is going to clean up the tonnes of garbage expected to wash ashore on the West Coast.

Tsunami sirens will be installed along Christchurch's coastal area.

Perched atop the sheer coastal cliffs of Ireland's Aran Islands, ridges of giant boulders have puzzled geologists for years. What forces could have torn these rocks from the cliff edges high above sea level and deposited them far inland?

Pippa Middleton attends the wedding of Sam Holland, the grandson of Lord Attenborough, who lost three generations of his family in the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Geologists studying the migration of massive boulders on Ireland's Aran Islands have determined--against mathematical modeling--that unusual storm waves could be responsible for the puzzling migration of massive boulders above the cliffs. According to Science Daily: Armed with equations that model the forces generated by waves, some researchers have concluded that no ordinary ocean waves could ...