The tsunami was the deadliest natural disaster in the 21st century and one of the deadliest in recorded history. Head of ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated ...

As the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami approaches, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information ...

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

The northern side of Sumatra bore the brunt of the disaster with more than half of the total death toll reported.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Tsunami-hit nations will next week ... There was no warning system in the Indian Ocean in 2004 but today a sophisticated network of monitoring stations has cut down ...

Beachside memorials and religious ceremonies will be held across Asia in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, which were the worst hit by one of the deadliest disasters in modern history.

Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate ... There was no warning system in the Indian Ocean in 2004 but today a sophisticated network of monitoring stations has cut down warning times.

Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) – Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ago, when huge waves tore into coastal ...

before stopping at the nearby Tsunami Museum. Nearly 300 people were killed as far away as Somalia, as well as more than 100 in the Maldives and dozens in Malaysia and Myanmar. There was no warning ...