MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb. As the sun rose over the shattered community of Moore, the state medical examiner's office cut the estimated death toll by more than half but warned that the number was likely to climb again.

A new ocean management plan is in the works, but the exact implications for Alaska's oceans are still unknown. President Barack Obama's final National Oceans Policy was released April 16.

...reports of possible tsunami debris have been firmly traced back to the tsunami, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.The confirmed items include several derelict vessels, including a small boat found in Hawaii waters...

An idea to use the Homer Deep Water Dock as a test bed to measure and evaluate tidal energy got a boost with a city-university collaboration.

...reports of possible tsunami debris have been firmly traced back to the tsunami, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The confirmed items include several derelict vessels, including a small boat found in Hawaii waters...

...45 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, the 49th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service, the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management...

...minutes. The USGS is also reporting a 2.7 magnitude earthquake 38 miles East of Whittier. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center has not issued any tsunami advisories at this time...

...done in June found the whales "are not recovering," said Julie Speegle, a spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "We don't know why."Cook Inlet belugas, considered genetically distinct, have been struggling...

A recently released, web-based oil spill response tool developed specifically for Cook Inlet helped responders monitoring Royal Dutch Shell's grounded Kulluk oil drilling rig near Kodiak, officials close to the situation said.

...aircraft from Alaska or Hawaii to fly reconnaissance over the Pacific Ocean.For about 15 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has conducted such flights with the goal of improving weather forecasts for the United States - an...