On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending waves ...

Indonesian authorities raised their death toll estimate by nearly 3,000 to more than 100,000 and braced for tens of thousands more homeless than at first expected. Sri Lanka, by contrast, closed ...

PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) – Tearful parents searched for missing children Tuesday, as soldiers pulled corpses from the debris of homes flattened by the second tsunami to hit Indonesia in two years.

On December 26, 2004, a powerful undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. Within hours, towering waves struck 14 countries, ...

KHAO LAK, Thailand — Watana Sittirachot was raised at an orphanage in Thailand for children affected by the 2004 Asian tsunami. Now, 20 years after the disaster changed the course of his life, he’s ...

230,000 deaths from a single event (of any kind) is just mind boggling. It’s the kind of number I’d expect from some kind of nuclear attack on a small city. Truly heartbreaking losses touching so many ...

PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) -- Corpses were recovered Tuesday from beaches, homes and hotels ravaged by Indonesia's second tsunami in as many years, pushing the death toll to at least 463. Nearly 280 ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The death toll from twin disasters on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a major earthquake and the tsunami that followed, jumped to more than 800 on Sunday as rescue workers ...