Timur Laut police chief Abdul Rozak Muhammad says the 46-year-old was arrested after arriving at Penang International Airport ...
The first gigantic wave on Dec 26, 2004 ripped open the wall of his seaside bedroom, flooded the room and washed away his ...
Residents would then have a chance to evacuate to higher ground. On the day of the 2004 tsunami, 81 people in Malaysia lost their lives. They were from Penang, Kedah, Perak and Selangor. Despite ...
A wall of water slams into Batu Ferringhi beach in Penang on December 26 ... as well as the most devastating tsunami disaster ...
Siblings Edward and Olivia Soo, and Emely Chai recount their harrowing experience in Thailand, where they lost two family ...
A regular traveller to Penang, located on the northwest coast, Mr Craven’s ties to the Geelong Racing Club had linked him up ...
Twenty years ago, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 struck off the west coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia, sending tremors as far as Penang, ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries. Some 160,000 of those were in Aceh, at the northwestern tip of ...
It has been 20 years, but emergency first responder Ng In Heang still thinks about the little girl he tried to save in the ...
Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.
Worldwide death toll from the disaster in the Indian Ocean climbed to 230,000; damage estimated at $13 billion.