PNW 'doomsday:' New tsunami strategy aims to protect Bainbridge Island
The Washington Emergency Management Division's response plan is the latest addition to the island's preparedness culture.
How the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake transformed tsunami science
December 26, 2024, marks the 20th year since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami generated by the quake ...
Twenty years on: 'My boat was metres from the shore when the tsunami hit'
Boxing Day, 2004. When the earthquake struck at 06:30 (01:00 GMT), I was on a ferry, headed towards Havelock – an island in ...
Two decades after the Indian Ocean tsunami: reflecting on a global turning point in disaster management
Indian Ocean Tsunami was a watershed moment in disaster response and resilience, identifying vulnerabilities, catalysing ...
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Australia 'much better prepared' for tsunami threat, 20 years after Boxing Day disaster
Twenty years after the Indian Ocean catastrophe ... said Australia saw first-hand the effects, including a small tsunami and strong currents on the West Australian coast. "We do have a risk ...
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20 years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami
Fishing boats dumped ashore as piles of broken timber, warships that lay capsized after ... effects that inadequate budgets can have, is vital to being a big power. The tsunami is understood ...
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‘It was white water and chaos’, recalls Boxing Day tsunami survivor 20 years on
“We got into Aceh two days after the tsunami hit and none of us was prepared for what ... and in other cases by the effects ...
Australia 'much better prepared' for tsunami threat, 20 years after Boxing Day disaster
Authorities believe the nation is now "much better prepared" to deal with a tsunami than it was two decades ago, but ...
“We should always remember”: Brisbane couple on surviving 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
Brisbane-born scuba instructors Gregory and Deirdre Stegman were diving in the Maldives when the deadliest tsunami in ...
Twenty years on: 'My boat was metres from the shore when 2004 tsunami hit'
Boxing Day, 2004. When the earthquake struck at 06:30 (01:00 GMT), I was on a ferry, headed towards Havelock – an island in ...
Can TN's Nagapattinam bear another Tsunami?
NAGAPATTINAM: Twenty years have passed since the giant waves lashed Tamil Nadu’s coast that fateful December 26, taking over ...