BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 10 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has begun focusing its natural disaster efforts in Indonesia on the west coast of Aceh province, including Meulaboh, the city that bore ...
On December 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on the Indian Ocean’s floor touched off a series of devastating tidal waves through the Bay of Bengal and as far as East Africa. Walls of water, some ...
Nearly a week after an earthquake struck Sulawesi, spawning a massive tsunami that overwhelmed the Indonesian island's central coast, aid groups are finally getting a foothold in the badly battered ...
Catholic aid agencies were among those working to assess the needs and get relief to the island of Sulawesi after an earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,400 people dead. Among those killed were 34 ...
Emergency crews are still trying to find victims of an earthquake and tsunami that struck Indonesia's island of Sulawesi, killing at least 1,200 people, according to local media citing government ...