The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to accurately monitor for potential tsunamis in Alaska and quickly warn at-risk communities. That's according to the Alaska Earthquake ...

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region near Russia on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting tsunami advisories for parts of Alaska. Initially, there was a tsunami advisory issued for Alaska's Aleutian Islands ...

Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.