Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...

The Nicobarese, after the 2004 tsunami, faced cultural erosion due to top-down aid that disrupted their traditions and ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with almost ...

The majority of deaths from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were in Indonesia. But the island of Simeulue was largely spared.

Tsunami and earthquake data still isn’t shared widely around the world. Local authorities and experts often don’t communicate ...

Dr. T. Srinivasa Kumar is a seasoned expert with over 25 years of experience in ocean observation, information systems, and ...

Thailand marked 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Five thousand people were killed, but a local tribe managed miraculously to survive with almost no casualties among them. Saksith ...

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It ...

A ceremony was held in a southern province in Thailand to honor the victims of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004. Hundreds of visitors gathered to perform religious rites and pay their respects to the ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 ...

MWALOLA wa Mwalola, a long time fisherman on the Kenyan coast, vividly recalls the events of the deadly tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean 20 years ago. A survivor of the disaster, Mwalola credits ...

The National Weather Service issued high surf advisories Thursday morning for Northern California, with 20-to-30-foot waves ...