The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has deployed the final two buoys in the South Pacific that complete a computer system providing real-time data to detect tsunamis and warn U.S.

ALUM KULAM, Sri Lanka -- As gray-bellied clouds started to blot out the scorching sun, Sara Waeathi, 46, and her sister Kannaga, 30, called their seven children inside just as a light rain accelerated ...

Hunger is the silent "tsunami" strangling South Africa's poor, who spend more than 30 percent of their monthly income on food, the price of which, according to a recent government study, has ...

The Service to America Medals -- "the Sammies" -- were awarded last night to honor exceptional work by civil servants. The gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium recognized eight winners from around ...

Relief has begun trickling into Myanmar after the weekend's devastating Cyclone Nargis. James East of World Vision, one of the few aid agencies with a longstanding presence there, talks about the ...