Keywords: Numerical simulations. Computer-based models. Disaster recovery. Disaster resiliency. Disaster resilient communities. Northridge, California earthquake, January 17, 1994. Urban areas.

In the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which devastated vast areas of northeastern Japan, tsunami-affected ...

It started as a low, haunting roar building in the distance. It grew into a deafening thunder that drowned out all else. The sky turned an unnatural shade of green, then black. The wind lashed at ...