BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the surrounding land. Waves towering as tall as 30m were unleashed, impacting ...

Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles 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 ...

KHAO LAK, Thailand – Beachside memorials and religious services were planned across Asia to mark 10 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami slammed into a dozen nations and killed nearly a quarter ...

Tourists visit the memorial monument to commemorate the victims of the 2004 tsunami, in Peraliya on December 25, 2024 - Copyright AFP ROMEO GACAD Tourists visit the ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a massive earthquake in the ocean east of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered waves that killed 230,000 people in 11... It was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, ...

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 ...

Asia's fast-growing economies will sustain a rise in corporate travel in 2005, despite the tsunami-inflicted devastation in Southeast and South Asia, said one of the largest global corporate travel ...