Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) noted that this heightened rainfall potential stems from various factors.

PIKIRAN RAKYAT – Antisipasi gempa megathrust perlu dilakukan semua pihak. Upaya mitigasi harus diupayakan pemerintah, BMKG, ...

In a New Year message, Cardinal Bo of Myanmar, the incoming president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), has appealed for closeness, solidarity and support for the survivors of ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said. The U.S. Geological ...

A five-year-old girl has been killed by a crocodile while standing next to a lake. Identified only as Caca, she was with her parents in a remote village in Indonesia when she was grabbed from the ...

On average, once every five years a large tsunami happens in Indonesia, mostly on the islands of Sumatra and Java. In general, damage done to the infrastructure exceeds the loss of lives. There are ...

A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday off the coast of El Salvador, shaking residences in many parts of the country but there was no risk of a tsunami, the country's environment ...

In December 2004, a massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

The disaster database EM-DAT reports that 226,408 people lost their lives due to the tsunami. Northern Sumatra was the most affected region in Indonesia, where more than 120,000 people perished. The ...

SINGAPORE – Two decades after a tsunami devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh, survivors told Singapore’s Malay-language daily Berita Harian (BH) how they rebuilt their lives in a ...

(UPDATE) THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has taken significant steps to enhance tsunami preparedness in vulnerable regions, particularly in Northern Luzon. NDRRMC ...