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On Dec. 26, 2003, an earthquake in Bam, Iran, killed nearly 30,000 people. A year later to the day, history made a terrifying encore with an earthquake that shook the planet from its axis. The quake ...

Patong beach, on the western coast of Phuket, Thailand, is the place to which many international journalists scrambled in order to report on the tsunami that hit Asia on Dec. 26. The death toll on the ...

The latest information from the Sri Lankan gay organization Companions on a Journey is that 36 of its members were killed in the Dec. 26 tsunami, another nine remain unaccounted for, and 131 others ...

We were on holiday in Phuket, Thailand, when the tsunami hit on Boxing Day 2004. My best friend Scarlet and I were staying at the Casuarina Patong Garden Resort – a dozen bungalows surrounded the pool ...

(Repeats to additional subscribers with no changes in text) * Thousands of Buddhist monks chant and pray in Thailand * Indonesian villagers say they are moving on with new homes * Tsunami aid drying ...

Foreign visitors in Thailand shrugged off the threat of another killer tsunami on Tuesday although tourism officials worried the latest major quake may slow an already fragile recovery after the Dec.

The island of Phuket on the Indian Ocean coast of Thailand is a major tourist destination, with inviting white sand beaches and warm sunny skies. Unfortunately for those living and visiting there to ...

As the work to find bodies continues on the beaches and beneath the wreckage along Thailand's picturesque Andaman Sea coast, a different type of work has begun. Shops are being swept, signs repainted, ...

Survivors of the Boxing Day Tsunami and relatives of those who were killed joined memorials in Thailand today on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. Footage shows families laying flowers in Phuket ...

Survivors and relatives of victims of the Boxing Day Tsunami held memorials in Thailand to mark the disaster’s 20th anniversary today. Families laid flowers and lit candles in Phuket and Phang Nga ...