Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...
Hoosier Jim Morris was serving as the head of the World Food Programme, which had been providing aid to the island of Sri ...
While relaxing on Sri Lanka's stunning coast, you can watch turtles climb over golden sands and plunge into turquoise waters ...
It’s been 20 years since a devastating earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a killer tsunami that swept away over 225,000 ...
The 26-year-long civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE officially ended in May 2009 after claiming around 70,000 lives and displacing four times as many. Both sides committed a ...
The authorities have issued tsunami warnings in the wake of the earthquake. Japan earthquake: The extent of damage was not immediately clear. (Representational) Tsunami warnings were issued for ...
A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday off the coast of El Salvador, shaking residences in many parts of the country but there was no risk of a tsunami, the country's environment ...
Through an overview of his life, we will highlight some of his most relevant works in Nepal and Sri Lanka and understand how Pruscha managed to stamp his unique visions of architecture and cities ...
The Blackcaps have had a big win in the first of the three ODI match series against Sri Lanka, being played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. It comes after the Kiwi team trounced the visitors in ...
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The tsunami of December 2004 was easily the biggest natural disaster to strike Sri Lanka and left a trail of destruction and despair in its wake. Nearly 38,000 lives were lost and two-thirds of the ...
The tsunami’s massive waves didn’t stay contained within Indonesia. They spread across the Indian Ocean at incredible speeds – over 800 kilometers per hour – reaching countries like Sri Lanka, India, ...