Tsunamis and tidal waves have a lot in common. Both are powerful ocean surges that can cause death and destruction. While that remains true, tsunamis and tidal waves differ in major ways ...

Tsunamis (pronounced soo-ná-mees), also known as seismic sea waves (mistakenly called "tidal waves"), are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake ...

Tsunamis have struck Israel in the past, and experts warn they will occur again. While it is impossible to predict when and ...

Tsunami experts theorize that shock waves produced after a massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga on Jan. 15 caused the higher tidal levels seen along Japan's Pacific coastline.

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

To the south, Tuscany president Enrico Rossi tweeted a warning of a “flood wave” on the Arno and said boards were being installed on the swollen river's banks in Pisa “as a precautionary ...

As the world watched on in horror, the level of devastation caused by a deadly tsunami tidal wave became clear. Thousands were missing, entire communities destroyed and 14 countries were in ...

Lawyers are so busy dealing with anxious clients, it’s “like drinking from a firehose,” said one Dentons lawyer about the ...