One of the major causes of casualties was that people in certain areas were not alerted of the incoming wall of water. Now, ...

See photos from the initial disaster and its aftermath and the region's recovery 10 years later. A decade has passed since a tsunami devastated Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

11 March 2011: Earthquake-triggered tsumanis sweep the shore along Iwanuma, towards Sendai airportPicture: Kyodo News/AP Credit: Kyodo News/AP 11 March 2011: Tsunami waves engulf homes in Natori ...

The latest images, shot just one day after the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, show areas that are now unrecognizable. BEFORE THE 1980 MT. ST. HELENS ERUPTION NASA Earth Observatory ...

Aerial images taken of Tonga on Tuesday offered the first glimpse of the destruction inflicted by the volcanic eruption and tsunami — as the government revealed all homes on one of its islands ...

A thick layer of ash covering entire island communities can be seen in the first images of disaster-hit Tonga to emerge following what experts believe to be the world’s biggest volcanic eruption ...

On Dec. 26, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed more than 150,000 people in 11 Asian countries. Some video and photos of the recovery efforts show dozens of bodies, and ...