Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents ride a tuk-tuk taxi along a road damaged by multiple earthquakes near the town of Kabanna in the north of Ethiopia.

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The recent deaths of eight people in two New Zealand landslides has left the public searching for answers. Some questions ...

This chapter summarizes the principal conclusions and recommendations developed elsewhere in this report. Major conclusions are printed in italics and recommendations in bold. Basic research in the ...

On the Island of Hawaii, frequent eruptions foster a close relationship between the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. HVO monitors the active volcanoes and ...

KILAUEA (KHON) – Hawaii’s most active volcano is erupting once again. The Kīlauea volcano began erupting around 12:30 a.m. HST Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano ...

Humanity lives on a thin edge: we barely scratch beneath the crust of our planet and routinely travel only within less than 10 miles of the atmosphere. So when you think about it, every day that life ...

As volcanoes go, the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull on Tuesday, April 13, won’t make the science books. Though scientists haven’t yet been able to gather enough information on the eruption to ...

While it might be assumed that earthquakes or volcanic eruptions are Aotearoa’s deadliest natural hazards, landslides have ...

Examination of earth materials and earth processes through the study of natural disasters. Topics include earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes and meteorite ...