A weather system could bring catastrophic flooding across four states, beginning on Wednesday amid rounds of heavy rainfall.

The Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, or Earth MRI, is a federal program developed by the U.S. Geological Survey that aims to identify and map the country’s underground deposits of critical minerals ...

Eight years after the Eagle Creek Fire scorched nearly 50,000 acres in the Columbia River Gorge, a new report shows the fire helped pave the way for hundreds of dangerous debris flows as more ...

The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the ...

The SWOT satellite, supported by NASA, has uncovered previously unknown underwater peaks, offering a fresh perspective on ...

Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with ...

See where your home falls in California's new fire hazard zones, the first update to the state's maps in 14 years.

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

Now, San Mateo County residents can use an online tool called a ‘ Tsunami Hazard Area Dashboard ’ to see what areas will be ...

Skamania, along with fellow Democratic Washington Congressional Reps. Suzan DelBene and Kim Schrier and Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse introduced the bipartisan National Landslide Preparedness ...

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...