During a session on catastrophic risk, the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) detailed its work over the past 18 ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries. A 9 ...

Because the ABC Emergency Alerts system relies entirely on information published by emergency agencies, despite the best efforts of those agencies, the ABC cannot guarantee that this information will ...

Building monuments is one way to preserve the memory of the disaster. However, many survivors feel less connected to the ...

Authorities believe the nation is now "much better prepared" to deal with a tsunami than it was two decades ago, but ...

Twenty years on, the Boxing Day tsunami is being remembered for the extraordinary devastation it unleashed, the incredible ...

Nicknamed "the veranda of Mecca" for its geographical location facing Saudi Arabia, Aceh interpreted the 2004 tsunami as "divine punishment". Residents point to the fact that only Banda Aceh's ...

A virtual reality (VR) simulation will be at the beach this summer, giving users the opportunity to experience the predicted impacts of an earthquake and tsunami on the Mount Maunganui coastline.

While the tsunami warning was canceled shortly after ... The California Geological Survey says putting more of these buoys in key locations could help. “These buoys are exposed to rough ...