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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

On December 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean experienced one of the deadliest tsunamis in recorded history. Triggered by a massive ...