People play in the water at Ulee Lheue beach which was one of the areas hardest hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo ...

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

Grim-faced rescuers were tying ropes to the stiff, jutting legs and arms of bloated corpses floating in the Andaman Sea, and bringing them to shore after an earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered ...

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 ...

Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ...

Sri Lanka paused for two minutes of silence on Thursday, marking the 20th anniversary of the 2004 South Asian Tsunami, a catastrophic event that claimed more than 30,000 lives. The island nation holds ...

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

In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore ...

Off the southern coast of Aceh lies Simeulue, a small island with a powerful story of survival. When the devastating Indian ...

Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a ...

As the world marks 20 years since the devastating tsunami of December 2004, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands stand as a poignant symbol of survival and recovery.