On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water to ...
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the earthquake caused "significant damage", adding that Australia would send urban search and rescue ... number of people that are being treated as ...
Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...
On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, an estimated 9.2-magnitude earthquake ... collapsing and being washed away. Survivors faced isolation and disease as initial rescue and relief efforts were ...
A screengrab taken from video footage shows people ... rescue teams from Wednesday to provide assistance. “Australia stands with the people of Vanuatu following yesterday’s devastating earthquake.
I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize ...
The majority of deaths from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were in Indonesia. But the island of Simeulue was largely spared.
Petra Nemcova is looking back on the life-changing tsunami that she survived 20 years ago. The supermodel, now 45, clung to a ...
Initial reports said at least six people had died, with the death toll now rising to 14, according to the Red Cross early on Wednesday, citing government sources. More than 200 people have been ...
At least 14 people ... earthquake, more violent than any that I’ve seen in the last 21 years that I’ve been living in Vanuatu,” he said. McGarry said a mass casualty triage centre was being ...
In a public high school, students regularly take part in disaster simulations and get ready to evacuate ahead of a possible ...
Australian aid teams have arrived in Port Vila following powerful earthquakes that have killed at least nine people. Australians who were caught up in this week's Vanuatu earthquake have returned ...