More than 227,000 people were killed in the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and experts warn it could happen again. An Acehnese man among the ruins in Banda Aceh, on January 13 ...
A two-minute silence was observed across Sri Lanka today (December 26) from 9:25 a.m. to 9:27 a.m. to honor the memory of those who perished in the 2004 tsunami and other natural calamities, as ...
Jakarta, Dec 26 (EFE).- Indonesia on Thursday remembered its 167,000 victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Sumatran city of Banda Aceh’s Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, one of the only ...
On December 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean experienced one of the deadliest tsunamis in recorded history. Triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the tsunami ...
Through collaborations with communities, Mercy Corps is supporting locally led disaster preparedness in the wake of the 2004 ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to 100 feet high, killing an estimated 230,000 people. Twenty years later, people gathered ...
December 26, 2024, marks the 20th year since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami generated by the quake of magnitude 9.1 was sourced off the Sumatran coast and was the third ...
Chennai: The ineffaceable scars of the tragic loss of their close blood relations still haunt the survivors 20 years after the Tsunami struck on the fateful morning of December 26, 2004.
Dec. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history ... Boeing 727 crash in the West African country of Benin. In 2004, an earthquake-triggered tsunami raced across the Indian Ocean with 40-foot-high waves ...
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 ...
At 7:58 am local time on December 26, 2004, an earthquake of moment magnitude ... warning systems in the Indian Ocean before the 2004 tsunami had made the disaster's impact worse.