Climate change may be global, but it is not gender-neutral. And the faces most affected are not the ones most heard. Floods, ...

The 9.1 magnitude quake not only caused devastation in Sumatra, it also caused a huge tsunami that affected other countries around the Indian Ocean and resulted in over 230,000 deaths acrosss 14 ...

“The devastation was unimaginable,” said Arianto Andrian, describing what he experienced in Indonesia as he recalled the catastrophic Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that struck the shores of ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the greatest disasters of the past 100 years. The worst hit was Indonesia where more than 165,000 people died. Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra was closest ...

Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four worst-affected countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. More than 170,000 people died in Indonesia alone.

Those living in poorly-constructed settlements near the shore were the worst affected when the tsunami on Dec 26, 2004 ravaged over two-thirds of the country’s coastline.

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. “This ...

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 ...

Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people By REZA SAIFULLAH and EDNA TARIGAN The Associated Press, Updated December 26, 2024, 3:56 p.m.

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries.