Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there is no tsunami threat to Guam or the Northern Marianas from an earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake ...

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It was a close shave with death for Gagandeep Singh Bedi on December 26, 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck Tamil Nadu. The Cuddalore District Collector was at Hotel Tamil Nadu on the sea ...

On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending waves ...

The water was so powerful you’re like a grain of rice in a washing machine,’ she remembers. ‘You’re tumbling around and you ...

‘Hands Across the Water’ Charity Founder and former NSW Police forensic specialist Peter Baines revealed the images of the Boxing Day tsunami in Sumatra have “never left” and serve as a ...

A look back at the horrible loss of life. In photos A woman mourning a relative killed in the tsunami in Cuddalore, India, on Dec. 28, 2004.Credit...Arko Datta/Reuters Supported by Text by Hannah ...

20 years later, one of the Matara train’s carriages sits outside the city’s Tsunami Museum as a haunting reminder of Boxing ...

Images and memories of loved ones and memorable ... out and we were surrounded by a crocodile filled lagoon, the killer tsunami and leopard filled jungle on the other side. We were in no man ...