Encouraging the active participation of residents is essential to preserving disaster memory, maintaining memorials and ...

The deadliest tsunami to hit Hawaii in modern history was on April 1, 1946, when a magnitude 8.6 earthquake in the Aleutian ...

People in Galle Sri Lanka on Thursday attended a commemoration event for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ...

Infrastructure in Aceh has been rebuilt and is now more resilient than before the tsunami struck. Early warning systems have ...

At one particularly large site in Thailand's southern fishing town of Ban Nam Khem, a large illuminated sign read '20 Tsunami ...

Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday, marking ...

Memory canonization is evident in the creation of disaster monuments and commemoration events, including in Aceh.

In Indonesia’s Aceh province, a siren rang out at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque to kick off a series of memorials around the ...

Along Tamil Nadu’s coastline and Sri Lanka's, affected local populations remembered those lost to the South Asian tsunami of ...

The 9.1 magnitude earthquake induced Tsunami was first felt in the island’s eastern coast before moving south resulting in ...

(Reuters) - Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and ...

Discover the inspiring story of Jayarasa Abilash, famously known as “Baby 81,” a survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.