EWA BEACH, Hawaii - Dozens of Pacific-rim nations joined the first widespread test of a tsunami-warning system since killer waves in the Indian Ocean claimed more than 200,000. During the drill, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. File. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology sent out a test tsunami warning to residents across New South Wales, Queensland, and as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An unusual alert pinged phones and inboxes along the East Coast Tuesday afternoon — a test tsunami warning. The text and email ...

Between the hours of 11 a.m. and noon on Wednesday, the National Weather Service will test local tsunami alert systems. The test will interrupt television and radio broadcasts, turn on National ...

A year on, western NGOs are being forced to learn some bitter lessons from their attempts to aid survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami, reports Jan McGirk. The earthquake-triggered tsunami that ...

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Many Alaskans will get a tsunami warning on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. It’s a test, but the people sending it out are worried that not everyone will know that. Dave Snider of the National Tsunami Warning ...

This story originally appeared on KTOO Public Media and is republished here with permission. Wednesday was the annual test of Alaska’s tsunami warning system. Radio and TV stations along the coast of ...

Tsunamis are tricky. They come from nearby or far away. The first surge might arrive in minutes or take many hours to arrive. They can last for days. Although called “waves,” tsunamis don’t crest or ...

An unusual alert pinged phones and inboxes along the East Coast Tuesday afternoon — a test tsunami warning. The text and email alert issued by the National Tsunami Warning Center went out at 12:29 p.m ...