Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old tsunami survivor, operates a coffee machine at the cafe she runs in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Qurrata Ayuni ...
Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there is no tsunami threat to Guam or the Northern Marianas from an earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake ...
Scenes of destruction are pouring in from Peru, as abnormally large surf – with some reports calling the waves “13-foot” and ...
Massive 13ft waves are battering the coastlines of Peru and Ecuador as of December 30. Footage captured in Piura, Peru on ...
The huge swell struck the coastline of Peru, Chile, and Ecuador one day after an environmental emergency was declared in the ...
A tsunami hit the coast of Peru. Several ships were destroyed by the meter-high waves and towns were flooded. Fishermen are still stranded on their boats.
People gather on the beach at the Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park in the southern Thai province of Phang Nga on December 26, 2024. – Emotional ceremonies began across Asia on December 26 to ...
Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles on Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the ...
“Tsunami was the last nail in the coffin for shore-netting that used to help the poorest fishermen,” he added. Post-tsunami, fishermen were rehabilitated in settlements farther away from the coas ...
The 2004 tsunami transformed the lives of Kottilpadu fishermen, dissolving long-standing grudges and fostering communal harmony. Former foes became friends as people from different communities ...
COLOMBO: Twenty years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka, some survivors are still trying to pick up the pieces. Those living in poorly-constructed settlements ...