Now, a seismologist who was on duty at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii when the disaster struck has revealed to Newsweek the inside story of how events played out that fateful day, as his ...

Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn—now with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego—was on ...

Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the ...

SRI LANKA, — This December marks the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in ...

IS this it?” thought Rachel Hearson, trapped underneath a block of concrete with seawater up to her head. Only minutes ...

This year marks 20 years since the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami that left more than 220,000 people dead or missing from Southeast Asia to East Africa. A commemorative event was held in Thailand to ...

Footage from a catastrophic tsunami that hit Thailand showed the waves moving in reverse and demonstrated the terrifying ...

It seems ridiculous, but I’d never heard of a tsunami. It wasn’t a word I’d ever had to say, until Boxing Day, 2004.

a UNESCO official and head of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre, told AFP. "Ensuring community preparedness requires regular drills." Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone nations ...

Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) – Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of its ...