2004 Indian Ocean tsunami now helping to save lives Girl swept away in 2004 tsunami reunited with family 7 years later Sharp rise in natural disasters in last 20 years, Asia hardest hit, UN says ...

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The ...

After the massive 8.8 earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka, global tsunami alerts echo fears from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Nearly at least 230,000 lives were lost then reminding the world of ...

Geological research suggests the tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was not the first of its kind and the last tsunami of a similar size in the Indian Ocean occurred about 600 years ago.

An 8.7-magnitude earthquake near Russia's Far East triggered a tsunami, flooding Severo-Kurilsk and prompting 2,000 ...

KURUKKAL MADAM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court ...

The resulting tsunami unleashed waves more than 100 feet high and as fast as an airliner. Within hours, the tsunami had claimed nearly 230,000 human lives and displaced millions of people in 12 ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami which unexpectedly hit Asia on December 26th, 2004, caused devastation across a dozen countries taking the lives of more than 225,000 people across two continents.

Learning more about understanding tsunami risks has global implications — but the December 2004 tsunami has been predominantly seen as an eastern Indian Ocean event, and as a consequence, much of the ...

Jayarasa Abilash, known as Baby 81 after he was swept away by the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, stands in front of a monument built in memory of tsunami victims outside his residence in Kurukkalmadam ...

20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, a boy found in the mud embraces being known as ‘Baby 81’ By: Krishan Francis, The Associated Press Posted: 10:24 PM CST Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 Last ...