Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning, no time to run—just the rumbles of an earthquake, the thunder of a ...

Largest Tsunamis in the US: It is never easy to predict how strong a tsunami can be, but some of the biggest waves ever recorded have hit the US coast head-on. These are more than just footnotes in ...

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Fairweather Fault in southeastern Alaska on July 10, 1958. Five people died as a result: three on Khantaak Island at the mouth of Yakutat Bay and two by their ...

No, this wasn't a scene from a Hollywood disaster film. It was real. On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever ...

Update: The search has been suspended, and the passengers of the helicopter have been identified. Read more here. The U.S. Coast Guard searched Saturday for three people missing from a helicopter ...

One of the prettiest places in Southeast Alaska has felt some of nature's most violent behavior. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 miles southeast of Yakutat and 40 miles west of Glacier Bay, ...

Video above: This Nexstar Media video provides tips for preparing for a natural disaster. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in ...