SRI LANKA, — This December marks the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tsunami was triggered by a powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on 26 December 2024, reaching ...

Early warning systems and fostering public awareness have improved. But gaps remain in policy implementation and infrastructure maintenance.

Two decades have passed since a massive tsunami struck the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day. In Sri Lanka, the tsunami claimed over 36,000 lives and displaced more than 500,000 people. This catastrophe, the ...

Countries across Asia held ceremonies to remember the hundreds of thousands of people who were killed during the massive Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago. People gathered in prayer and visited ...