# To live daily in perpetual fear of the deadly consequences of something that may or may not happen and, anyway, may not affect one individually, is impossible if people are to remain sufficiently ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the ...

TSUNAMI survivor Sharon Howard sobs as she lays flowers at the Thailand hotel where she last saw her fiance and two sons 20 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. On Dec. 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people ...

They have only heard the story about the quake followed by three giant waves and the impact from their parents. “We also want to educate them about the history of the tsunami. We don’t want ...

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the ...

It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the deadliest tsunami in human history ... are designed to withstand the biggest tsunamis. This requires further research ...

The death toll for Indonesia’s Aceh province, of which Banda Aceh is the largest city, is generally listed at about 160,000. The official global figure of those killed in the tsunami ...

Twenty years after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, survivors in Thailand’s Ban Nam Khem village in Phan Nga province still carry vivid memories of that fateful December morning. For ...

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.