A major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday, sending shock waves across the Caribbean, where people fled their homes for fear that buildings might collapse, and sparking a regional tsunami ...

Most at risk from tsunamis is Haiti's north coast and second city of Cap-Haitien, because fault lines criss-crossing the north of the island of Hispaniola jut into the sea, according to the ...

Students and business in Haiti’s second largest city of Cap-Haitien will be participating in an earthquake and tsunami risk mitigation drill on Friday.

The effort to help Haiti recover from its devastating earthquake can draw on lessons learned in other large-scale tragedies, particularly the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed at least 230,000 ...

The World Bank's country director for Indonesia, Joachim von Amsberg, says the rebuilding of Indonesia's Aceh province following the tsunami in 2004 should serve as a model for Haiti.

Americans are on track to give more for Haiti than the 2004 Asian tsunami despite a struggling economy, but the earthquake has left some companies wondering how they can do more than write checks ...

But as the 2004 Asian tsunami showed, Haitians and foreign donors will need to move quickly to ensure that areas of Haiti damaged by the earthquake are not quickly snapped up by speculators ...

BANGKOK (AP) — People undertaking the effort to help Haiti recover from its devastating earthquake can draw on lessons learned in other large-scale tragedies, particularly the 2004 Indian Ocean ...