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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

He cannot know for sure. The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami left so many bodies mouldering in the ruins of Banda Aceh that authorities dug several pits and filled them in haste, trying to prevent disease ...

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 ...

Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. The Boxing Day quake was one of the largest ever recorded.

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

Two major tsunami that swamped the east coast have been labelled a "missed opportunities", so what do we need to change to be ...

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 ...