In 2004, a 9.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami and series of tidal waves that became one of worst natural disasters in recorded history. The 5 most ...

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A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami, according to EM-DAT, a recognised global disaster database. The worst affected area was northern Sumatra, where more than 120,000 people ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history's worst ...

KHAO LAK, Thailand — Watana Sittirachot was raised at an orphanage in Thailand for children affected by the 2004 Asian tsunami. Now, 20 years after the disaster changed the course of his life ...

Siti was swept away, taken by the tsunami. Sylvia and Budi’s still ... it remains by a considerable margin the deadliest natural disaster in the history of Indonesia – the world’s second ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of ...

Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people in multiple countries ...

Tsunami and earthquake data still isn’t shared widely around the world. Local authorities and experts often don’t communicate ...

However, the disaster shattered her ... equipping them with vital earthquake and tsunami information and ensuring readiness anytime, anywhere. “The biggest hope is that there will be minimal ...

Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four worst-affected countries ... but in the years since the 2004 disaster, a tsunami warning system has been put into place to help protect ...