Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old tsunami survivor, operates a coffee machine at the cafe she runs in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Qurrata Ayuni ...
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 ...
Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra was closest to the epicentre of the huge 9.2 magnitude earthquake that triggered the tsunami. The death toll in Sri Lanka was 35,262 and 16,389 in India.
Twenty years ago, the world was stunned by the Asian tsunami, whose towering waves killed an estimated 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and other countries the day after ...
Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died at 105 years old. Upton died Wednesday at a hospital ...
Officials said there are no tsunami threats to the state. However, residents who live near the area may feel aftershocks.
Warren “Red” Upton, a 105-year-old World War II US veteran who was the oldest living survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, died on Christmas Day, according to his family and the Sons ...
The survivor, who was only identified by his surname Lee, told doctors he had "already been rescued" when he regained consciousness following Sunday's fiery crash at the Muan International Airport ...