A 9.3 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean has caused a 30-metre tsunami that had wiped out hundreds of communities in minutes, affecting countries from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India to ...

Countries across Asia held ceremonies to remember the hundreds of thousands of people who were killed during the massive Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago. People gathered in prayer and visited ...

SRI LANKA, — This December marks the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

Twenty years have now passed since a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated communities in Southeast Asia, resulting in more than 220,000 confirmed deaths and millions displaced ...

This policy brief synthesises the findings from studies of Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar to distil common lessons ...

On December 26, 2004, what is believed to be the most significant and lethal tsunami ever struck Indonesia and the surrounding countries. The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 is considered to be the ...

FIRST PHOTO: A GIRL swept away in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, aged four, is reunited with her parents 10 years after being given up for dead. Raudhatul Jannah was aged four when she and her brother ...