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State officials say the original funding has played a major role in fueling Alaska’s efforts to respond to landslide risk, ...
Landslide-generated tsunamis pose a serious risk to coastal communities, particularly within narrow fjords where tall cliffs ...
A Virginia Tech study warns that Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington face a significant risk of megatsunamis within 50 years.
Mega tsunamis are colossal waves triggered by geological events. Lituya Bay saw the tallest tsunami ever recorded. Hawaii ...
A new study by geoscientists at Virginia Tech, published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, estimates a 15 ...
New research demonstrates shipborne navigation systems have potential to improve tsunami detection and warning.
A massive earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could trigger a devastating mega-tsunami, threatening Alaska, Hawaii, ...
Southeast Alaska’s four fatal landslides since 2015 strongly indicate the importance of identifying local hazards, mitigating the hazards that we can, and making sure that we can respond quickly and ...
Landslide-generated tsunamis pose a serious risk to coastal communities, particularly within narrow fjords where tall cliffs can trap and amplify ...
An April 9 preliminary report on the March 20 landslides at Wolfe Point concluded that, based on review of the available information, “there is no sole causation or act by ...