A 46-year-old woman who lost her younger sister, Haruka, in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake sowed "Haruka's Sunflowers" ...

A new program that teaches how to prepare for natural disasters in “easy Japanese” has been created for foreign residents, many of whom are inexperienced in those disasters.

Yoshikai Akira promotes yasashii Nihongo (simple Japanese) as head of the Yasashii Nihongo Promotion Network. In this article, he gives a broad overview of the project to provide language that is ...

A mentor and former teacher of an American killed by a tsunami following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake has developed a ...

As Japan prepares to face the inevitable threat of earthquakes, this international collaboration offers hope of significantly improving safety measures and risk assessments, potentially saving lives ...

A new study measuring vibration frequencies throughout the Great Pyramid revealed how it has been able to withstand severe ...

The struggle to preserve and restore clean water in the region has spanned decades, marked by ongoing advocacy, scientific studies, and community initiatives. Raising awareness about the deteriorating ...

The 152nd Kentucky Derby marked history as Golden Tempo became the first horse trained by a woman, Cherie DeVaux to win. Unfortunately, another history was matched at Churchill Downs as the 2026 race ...

Nicole Sganga is CBS News' homeland security and justice correspondent. She is based in Washington, D.C., and reports for all shows and platforms. The move, known as Immediate Needs Funding, is ...

Oklahoma may be known for its tornadoes — like the one that damaged homes around Enid on Thursday night — but Texas has recorded more total natural disasters over the past two decades. In the span of ...

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck near Granite Bay on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The quake hit at 6:35 p.m. about 2 miles west-southwest of Granite Bay. It had a depth of about 2.6 miles ...

Whether you feel shaking from an earthquake largely depends on three major factors -- magnitude, distance and local soil conditions. Magnitude refers to the strength of the quake. The closer your ...