The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event ...
Sri Lanka will observe a two-minute silence island-wide tomorrow (26) from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. to mark National Safety Day, in memory of those who lost their lives in the 2004 tsunami and other ...
Former forensic specialist Peter Baines reflects on his 20-year mission to help tsunami victims through his charity, Hands ...
Dec. 26, Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world’s most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake. The mega 9.1 magnitude earthquake in the eastern Indian Ocean generated a ...
Sri Lanka today marks the 21st anniversary of the devastating tsunami that claimed over 35,000 lives.Sri Lanka Developers ...
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Exactly 21 years ago, Sri Lanka witnessed the biggest natural disaster in living memory - the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Today, in the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Ditwah in November, the ...
A group of specialist Sumatran elephants have joined recovery operations in Aceh following the catastrophic landfall of ...
The most dangerous thing that can happen in the eerie vacuum between an earthquake and a tsunami is nothing. Once a tsunami warning is issued, the size of the wave and the number of minutes before it ...