Study identifies coastal black pine trees resistant to tsunamis and strong winds
Researchers in Japan have found that the taller the Japanese black pine trees (Pinus thunbergii) along the coast, the deeper ...
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20 years later: Remembering the world's deadliest tsunami
Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.
Pacific Daily News8d
No tsunami threat to Guam from Vanuatu earthquake
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there is no tsunami threat to Guam or the Northern Marianas from an earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake ...
Peru’s coastline battered by tsunami-like waves one day after country declares environmental emergency
The huge swell struck the coastline of Peru, Chile, and Ecuador one day after an environmental emergency was declared in the wake of an oil spill in the region ...
Public Radio International12d
Some people on Indonesia’s Simeulue island relied on folklore to escape the 2004 tsunami
The majority of deaths from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were in Indonesia. But the island of Simeulue was largely spared. Researchers say this was partly due to folklore passed down through the ...
UPSC Key: REER, PM-ABHIM and 20 years of 2004 tsunami
How is the 20 years of 2004 tsunami relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like the real effective exchange ...
Hindustan Times13d
20 years after calamity, woman recalls son 'Tsunami's birth in snake-filled jungle
The woman's house in Hut Bay Island in Andaman and Nicobar was destroyed in the Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26 ... see my husband and my elder son. Most parts of our island were devoured ...
Euronews14d
Video. Marking 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
In Thailand's Ban Nam Khem, a village hard hit by the tsunami, around 300 people attended interfaith prayers. In India, hundreds of people gathered in Chennai, where the tsunami killed 10,749 people.
Malaysiakini14d
Lessons learned and unlearned from 2004 tsunami
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20 years after a devastating tsunami, a survivor celebrates what the disaster has given him
The Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami began with a 9.3-magnitude earthquake. A series of waves devastated coastal communities in ...
London Evening Standard14d
Tsunami 2004: what are the biggest earthquakes in history?
It generated a local tsunami with waves of up to 50 feet and ... On March 27, 1964, the United States faced its most powerful earthquake since records began. Known as the Good Friday earthquake ...