Two families, one in Koralawella, Moratuwa, the other in Kirullapone leading routine lives………and then the swipe of monstrous waves from a sea looked at as benevolent until then. Destiny, karma, fate ...
A commemorative ceremony was held at the Disaster Management Centre in the presence of Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd.) and Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath ...
The word tsunami generates an emotional response, much like earthquake or shark, especially if you live on the coast and get into the ocean frequently. It’s just one of those terrifying ...
Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to ...
Highway 20 was closed in both directions west of Jackson after a fatal crash occurred three miles west of town on Friday ...
Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...
Is money the only thing we value?” he mused. “I always felt like I took less money so that we could win.” Brady also claims ...
The deadliest tsunami to hit Hawaii in modern history was on April 1, 1946, when a magnitude 8.6 earthquake in the Aleutian ...
The average age of NSW residents has risen past 40 for the first time, triggering concerns that housing and healthcare in the ...
Tsunami and earthquake data still isn’t shared widely around the world. Local authorities and experts often don’t communicate ...
PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with almost ...
Thailand marked 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Five thousand people were killed, but a local tribe managed miraculously to survive with almost no casualties among them. Saksith ...