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

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ... as well as dozens in Malaysia and Myanmar. The tsunami displaced more than ...

The 2004 tsunami was not simply a natural disaster but a graphic exposure of the failure of the capitalist system, the ruling ...

Jayarasa Abilash, known as Baby 81 after he was swept away by the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, stands in front of a monument built in memory of tsunami victims outside his residence with his father ...

Prach Sawangpong, a teacher at Rajaprajanugroh 35 School who is the boarding school's emergency response coordinator, said ...

Much has changed in the Indian Ocean since 2004. PTWC was given the temporary responsibility of issuing tsunami threat information until late 2006 when the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

People play in the water at Ulee Lheue beach which was one of the areas hardest hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ... killed some 230,000 people. The tsunami on December 26, 2004, was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude ...