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

(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Young girls use their mobile phones as they visit Lampuuk beach, one of the areas hardest hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, on the outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia ...

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 ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian ... province of Aceh alone, according to the Indonesian government. The tsunami also forced a reckoning ...

Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...

The tsunami science world was small and mostly under the radar of mainstream media. There was plenty of interesting work ...

Earthquakes followed by tsunami waves have always been a challenge for coastal communities. Coming during the holidays just adds to the devastation. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 ...

Earthquakes followed by tsunami waves have always been a challenge for coastal communities. Coming during the holidays just adds to the devastation. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...

Officials said there are no tsunami threats to the state. However, residents who live near the area may feel aftershocks.