A few weeks ago, NOAA announced the cancellation of a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center to operate nine seismic ...
Powerful back-to-back storms ravaged dozens of mostly Alaska Native communities in western Alaska: Approximately 2,000 people were displaced, and at least one village was entirely torn apart. Many ...
An immersion program that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month's ...
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK faces severe cuts to its staff and news department.
Over the past few generations, the world has experienced countless devastating natural disasters; but few are as sudden and ...
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network operates more than 600 seismic stations. The center in Alaska added an additional 250 ...
State officials say they are looking for long-term housing for evacuees as villages damaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong ...
A 1958 landslide triggered a 1,720-foot mega wave in Lituya Bay, Alaska, erasing forests, sinking boats, and rewriting ...
Tsunami warnings that could affect the Washington coast may now take longer to reach the public. Alaska State Seismologist Michael West told KIRO Newsradio Tuesday that the National Oceanic and ...
NOAA cuts have left the western seaboard without a crucial resource to measure, understand and predict tsunamis ...
NOAA did not renew a contract that supported a handful of seismic stations in Alaska. This could hamper tsunami warnings for ...