Landslide stabilization efforts are likely to be costly as Buncombe County has sought to develop a model for major landslide projects across WNC.

A new study from researchers at Virginia Tech says that there is an increased risk of flooding and tsunamis in the Pacific ...

On May 18, 1980, the United States experienced the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in its history.

Scientists are investigating the possibility of a massive tsunami striking the East Coast of the United States, triggered by events like underwater landslides or volcanic eruptions in the Atlantic.

is increasingly disappearing from land as it is washed into waterways throughout the United States, according to a new ... Understanding Landslides: A New Model for Predicting Motion Oct. 17 ...

A massive earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could trigger a devastating mega-tsunami, threatening Alaska, Hawaii, ...

The Great Alaska Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the United States. Its violent tremors reshaped ...

One of the most dangerous fault lines that threatens the United States lurks off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, capable of producing a Pacific-wide tsunami and dramatically changing the landscape ...

A new study by geoscientists at Virginia Tech, published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, estimates a 15 ...